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  2. Bufotoxin - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms may vary depending on certain factors such as the size and age of the victim. Other than the first, more benign symptoms (such as a tingling or burning sensation in the eyes, mucous membranes, or in exposed wounds), the most frequently described symptoms in the medical literature are : paleness; bradycardia

  3. Bufotenin - Wikipedia

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    The use of chan'su and love stone (a related toad skin preparation used as an aphrodisiac in the West Indies) has resulted in several cases of poisoning and at least one death. [24] [28] The practice of orally ingesting toad poison has been referred to in popular culture and in the scientific literature as toad licking and has drawn media ...

  4. Parotoid gland - Wikipedia

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    The parotoid gland (alternatively, paratoid gland) is an external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of some frogs (especially toads), and salamanders. It can secrete a number of milky alkaloid substances (depending on the species) known collectively as bufotoxins , which act as neurotoxins to deter predation .

  5. Bufagin - Wikipedia

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    Bufagin is a toxic steroid C 24 H 34 O 5 [3] obtained from toad's milk, the poisonous secretion of a skin gland on the back of the neck of a large toad (Rhinella marina, synonym Bufo marinus, the cane toad). The toad produces this secretion when it is injured, scared or provoked.

  6. Colorado River toad - Wikipedia

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    The toad's primary defense system is glands that produce a poison that may be potent enough to kill a grown dog. [12] These parotoid glands also produce 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) [13] and bufotenin (which is named after the Bufo genus of toads); both of these chemicals belong to the family of hallucinogenic tryptamines. Bufotenin ...

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  8. HuaChanSu - Wikipedia

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    The toad venom was found to have grade 1 and 2 toxicity levels in majority of the injected areas. [3] No toxicity greater than grade 2 was observed and the effects subsided within a month. [3] These side effects included thrombocytopenia, diarrhea, mouth ulcers, and myalgia. [3]

  9. Kambo (drug) - Wikipedia

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    Kambo, which originated as a folk medicine practice among some indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin, is also administered as a complementary medicine and alternative medicine treatment in the West, often as a pseudoscientific cleanse or detox. The ceremony involves burning an arm or leg and applying the kambo secretion directly to the burn.