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bufotenine (iou) and rectified spirit (medicine)


bufotenine (iou)



bufotenine noun. E20.
[French bufotenine, from Latin bufo toad + (prob.) tenere hold (because of an ability to cause paralysis): see -INE5.]
Chemistry. An alkaloid which occurs in various amphibian secretions, mushrooms, and tropical plants, and has hallucinogenic, hypertensive, and vasoconstrictive actions.

rectified spirit (medicine)


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alcohol
<chemical> An organic chemical containing one or more hydroxyl groups. Alcohols can be liquids, semisolids or solids at room temperature.

Common alcohols include ethanol (the type found in alcoholic Beverages) methanol (found in methylated spirit and can cause blindness and Other nervous system damage if ingested) and propanol.