THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis and is what causes the subjective "high".
A stack of books on the coffee table includes a copy of "Sapo in My Soul," about an Amazonian frog whose skin secretes a psychoactive compound.
Yes, there is always absinthe, which contains the psychoactive compound thujone, but only an innocuous amount in the stuff (don't let that get in the way of booze mythology, though).
Two chemicals in cannabis attract interest from scientists - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound, which has some pain-relieving properties, and cannabidiol (CBD), which appears to confer health benefits without the high.
Sarpa salpa, a species of sea bream now found in British waters, occasionally accumulates a powerful psychoactive compound called indole in its head, which can lead to ichthyoallyeinotoxism, or hallucinogenic fish poisoning.
This includes those taking "skunk", which today contains at least three times more THC, the major psychoactive ingredient in the cannabis plant, than it did in the 1960s.
But allow for this, and for the appearance of a "mysterious psychoactive compound", which is both crucial and running out at an alarming rate, and there's more to this techno-thriller than meets the eye.
Nicotine is a major psychoactive and addictive component of tobacco.
-Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (the) is the main psychoactive compound found in cannabis.
The media and event business will now be known as the High Times Holding Company HTHCC) — a crafty play on the psychoactive compound in marijuana known as THC.
