Harmine


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Har´mine

    (här´mĭn or -mēn)
n.1.(Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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In the earlier work, he and his colleagues had shown that a DYRK1A inhibitor called harmine was able to stimulate a sustained proliferation of adult human beta cells in laboratory cultures.
The team, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, had already discovered that a drug called harmine could supercharge the pancreas cells to make 10 times more insulin-making beta cells a day.
In the current study, the team identified a second class of drugs that causes human beta cells to rapidly replicate when given in combination with harmine.
Peganumharmala is a rich source of simple [beta]-carboline alkaloids such as harmine, harmaline, tetrhydroharmine, harmol, harmalol, Harman [1-3].
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of DYRK1A antagonist (Harmine) on tau phosphorylation.
The main toxins are the alkaloids whose chemical structure is associated with an indole nucleus with a pyridinol: harmane, harmine, harmaline, and harmalol (= harmol) [28].
Wang et al., "[beta]-Carboline compounds, including harmine, inhibit DYRK1A and tau phosphorylation at multiple Alzheimer's disease-related sites," PLoS One, vol.
The vine is rich in [beta]-carboline alkaloids such as harmine, tetrahydroharmine (THH), and harmaline, and P.
The four secondary metabolites were vasicine, vasicinone, harmine, and harmaline.
The beta-carboline alkaloids harmine, tetrahydroharmine, and harmaline found in the vines of B.
DMT and harmine, the psychoactive substances found in Ayahuasca, affect the serotonin system by binding to serotonin receptors in the brain and stimulating them.
Banisteriopsis caapi contains the alkaloids harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine, all of which belong to the [beta]-carboline group of compounds.