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Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs
assembled by Keeper of the Trout
Section 1 :
Harmine

7-methoxy-1-methyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole 9CI

Synonyms

WLN: T B656 EN HMJ F JO1
Hayward: 6RRR(OM)RY5NHYRMNRRY5Y
    Usdin & Efron 1979


CA Reg. No.: 000442513 [442-51-3]
NIOSH No.: UV 0175000
    Southon & Buckingham 1989


Legal Status: Harmine has no abuse potential and is not a controlled substance. Ott 1996 says that it appears to be "watched".

Structure, physical properties & assays


Dosage, pharmacology, toxicology and metabolic studies


Reported Occurrences of harmine


The harmine entry was largely drawn from:

CRC 1980-1981 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 61st edition, entry No. 7471, page C-347.
Merck Index 1976 Ninth Edition, entry #4471, page 602.
Ott 1993 Pharmacotheon, entry #18 citing Merck Index 11: 4531.
Shulgin & Shulgin 1997 TIHKAL, entry #14, pages 455-457.
Southon & Buckingham 1989 Dictionary of Alkaloids, entry M-00163, page 701.
Usdin & Efron 1979 Psychotropic Drugs and Related Compounds. Second Edition, entry #345, pages 116-117 and 494.

A complete listing can be found in the reference list
Beilstein B232, 348

Beilstein 4. Aufl. 23, E II 349