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BUFOTENIN

 BUFOTENIN

BRAND NAME:- UNKNOWN

BUFOTENIN isolated from skin of a toad (Bufo marinus ). It is also found in ' cohaba Snuff ' and in the mushroom amanita muscaria.
The  above are all indolealkylamines  realted chemically to 5-HT . A number of other synthetic derivatives like  Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) are also hallucinogenic.

PHARMACODYNAMIC:-
Bufotenin is a tryptamine related to the neurotransmitter serotonin. 

MECHANISM OF ACTION:-
Not specific mechanism of action, BUFOTENIN mechanism of action are unknown.

USED:-
Hallucinations , Psychiatrist disorders, mental illness 

SIDE EFFECTS:-
Death from overdose are almost unknown. However side are common.

DOSE:- DIRECTION BY PHYSICIAN 
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