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Definition of Harmine
1. n. An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Definition of Harmine
1. Noun. (organic compound) A fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the carboline family of compounds, found in harmal and certain other plants. ¹
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Definition of Harmine
1. an alkaloid used as a stimulant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Harmine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harmine
Literary usage of Harmine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"Dilute sulphuric acid is digested with excess of harmine ; the filtrate is left to
... Separates on cooling from a solution of harmine in excess of boiling ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Acid chromate of harmaline, heated to 120° C., decomposes suddenly with evolution
of heat, and produces harmine, part of which ..."
3. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"Combines with acids, forming yellow salts, which are for the greater part easily
soluble. Monatomic base. harmine ..."
4. The Chemical Gazette (1847)
"Acetate of harmine.—Acetic acid dissolves a large quantity of harmine, but a
gentle heat suffices to separate the acetate again into its constituents, ..."
5. The Plant Alkaloids by Thomas Anderson Henry (1913)
"This and the fact that harmine yields with various reagents a series of derivatives
completely ... On reduction with sodium in amyl alcohol, harmine gives ..."
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