User:Eloil/Harmine

Harmine is an alkaloid belonging to the Beta-carboline family of compounds. It occurs in a number of different plants, notably harmal or syrian rue (Peganum harmala) and Banisteriopsis caapi ('yage', 'ayahuasca'). Harmine is a reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor and CNS stimulant.

Natural sources
Harmine is found in a wide variety of different organisms, most of which are plants. Shulgin (1997) lists thirty different species known to contain harmine, including seven species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.