Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amorphous, bitter, poisonous compound, C119H171O25 (?), found in the parotid glands of the toad. It is very poisonous to toads, acting on the heart and stopping it in systole.
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- noun organic chemistry A
cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
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Of animal cardiac poisons chemists were acquainted in particular with so-called bufotalin, which is present in the skin secretion of certain species of the toad genus Bufo.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927 and 1928 - Presentation Speech 1966
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Of animal cardiac poisons chemists were acquainted in particular with so-called bufotalin, which is present in the skin secretion of certain species of the toad genus Bufo.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927 and 1928 - Presentation Speech 1966
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