Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vegetable alkaloid derived from the husks of the seeds of the harmel, Peganum Harmala. Its chemical formula is C13H14N2O. It makes a valuable dye, the harmala-red of commerce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the plant
Peganum harmala . It forms bitter, yellow salts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The reduced
hydrated form ofharmine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is not allowed to conduct any holistic or healing ceremonies involving the banned substance harmaline.
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On the one hand, there's this woody liana which has in it a series of beta-carbolines, harmine, harmaline, mildly hallucinogenic.
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On the one hand, there's this woody liana which has in it a series of beta-carbolines, harmine, harmaline, mildly hallucinogenic.
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On the one hand, there's this woody liana which has in it a series of beta-carbolines, harmine, harmaline, mildly hallucinogenic.
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When the active ingredient harmaline was first isolated, Colombian scientists called it telepathine.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The psychoactive ingredients in the bark of yagé are the beta-carbolines harmine and harmaline.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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When the active ingredient harmaline was first isolated, Colombian scientists called it telepathine.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The psychoactive ingredients in the bark of yagé are the beta-carbolines harmine and harmaline.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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He has solved the riddle of the morphine molecule's structure, in connection with which quite 20 different formulae have been under consideration, he has clarified the essential features of the strychnine formula, even though some details are still uncertain, and he has made decisive contributions towards the investigation of many other alkaloids with strangely sounding names like gnoscopine, harmaline, physostigmine, and rutaecarpine.
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ROBINSON, B. (1965) Characterisation and identification of harmidine as harmaline.
Chapter 5 1953
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