harmine

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Etymology

From harmal +‎ -ine.

Noun

harmine (countable and uncountable, plural harmines)

  1. (organic chemistry) A fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the carboline family of compounds, found in harmal and certain other plants.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111:
      Harmine is a drug that stimulates the brain and produces strange visual hallucinations[.]

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