Bufotoxin

Japanese: bufotoxin
Bufotoxin

...The components of toad venom have been studied since the Meiji period, and their chemical structure is now known. They are so-called bufotoxins, including bufotalin, bufagin, sinofagin, and gamabufogen, and act mainly on the heart muscle and vagus nerve center. Due to this action of contracting the heart muscle, toad venom is used as a cardiac stimulant, and in China it has long been called "toad venom" and has been used as an ingredient in the herbal medicine Liu Shen Wan, and Suzhou's "Lei Jiu Shang" has been considered the original store. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "bufotoxin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ガマ毒の成分は明治のころから研究され現在では化学構造も判明している。ブフォタリン,ブファギン,シノファギン,ガマブフォゲンなどを含むいわゆるブフォトキシンbufotoxinで,主として心筋や迷走神経中枢に作用する。この心筋収縮の作用からガマ毒は強心剤として用いられ,中国では古くから〈蟾酥(せんそ)〉と称して,漢方薬六神丸の材料とされ,蘇州の〈雷久上(レイチユウシヤン)〉が本舗とされてきた。…

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