The Sonoran Desert toad can alter your mind - Science News
2023年5月14日 · The Sonoran Desert toad secretes an enzyme that converts bufotenine, a compound also made by other toads, into 5-MeO-DMT, a powerful hallucinogen related to the psychedelic drug DMT.
A Modified Psychedelic Toad Toxin Reduces Signs of Depression …
2024年5月10日 · When threatened or startled, the Colorado River toad (also called the Sonoran desert toad) exudes 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogenic compound that discourages predators, from glands in its skin.
Colorado River toad - Wikipedia
The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is well known for its ability to exude toxins from glands within its skin that have psychoactive properties.
5-MeO-DMT: The 20-Minute Psychoactive Toad Experience That’s ... - Forbes
2020年2月2日 · One single 50mg vaporized dose — derived from dried venom secreted by the Bufo alvarius toad — often produces hallucinogenic, boundless experiences within one second of inhalation that...
Demand for This Toad’s Psychedelic Toxin Is Booming. Some …
2022年3月20日 · In a sign of unintended consequences of the psychedelic resurgence, scientists say that the Sonoran desert toad is at risk of population collapse. A substance in the toad poison, 5-MeO-DMT, can...
Psychedelic Toad Venom Is The New Trendy Hallucinogen - Addiction Center
2019年10月11日 · The drug comes from a rare species of toad native to the Sonoran Desert, Bufo Alvarius, which produces a venom known as 5-MeO-DMT: an extremely potent natural psychedelic. 5-MeO-DMT is about four to six times more powerful than its better-known cousin DMT (dimethyltryptamine).
The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads - The New Yorker
2022年3月21日 · Kimon de Greef writes about Octavio Rettig, an underground practitioner of 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogenic substance derived from Sonoran Desert toads, who claims that he has revived a lost ...
Psychedelic toxins from toads could treat depression and anxiety
2024年5月8日 · When frightened, Colorado river toads (Incilius alvarius) release a hallucinogenic compound related to the drug DMT from glands in their skin. DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, is similar in...
Chemical tweaks to a toad hallucinogen turns it into a potential …
2024年5月10日 · The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, secretes a psychedelic compound that likes to bind to a different serotonin receptor subtype called 5-HT1A....
Hallucinogen from Sonoran Desert toad venom shows potential …
2024年5月9日 · The Sonoran Desert toad (Incilius alvarius, also known as the Colorado River toad or bufo toad) releases a poison through its skin that contains a psychedelic compound with therapeutic potential....