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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|a plant|a town in Lebanon|Hermel}}<br /> {{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Harmal<br /> | image = Peganum harmala1.jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = Harmal (''Peganum harmala'') flower<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Sapindales]]<br /> | familia = [[Nitrariaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Peganum]]''<br /> | species = '''''P. harmala'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Peganum harmala''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Peganum harmala0.jpg|thumb|left|Harmal seed capsules]]<br /> '''Harmal''' (''Peganum harmala'') is a [[plant]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Nitrariaceae]], native from the eastern [[Mediterranean]] region east to [[India]]. It is also sometimes known as Syrian Rue, a confusing name as it is not related to [[rue]] (''Ruta'', family Rutaceae).<br /> <br /> ==Traditional uses==<br /> It has been used as an [[entheogen]] in the Middle East, and in modern Western culture, it is often used as an analogue of ''[[Banisteriopsis caapi]]'' to create [[Ayahuasca]], a South American entheogen. Syrian Rue, however, has a distinctly different chemical makeup than caapi, and a unique character of its own.<br /> <br /> In Turkey, dried capsules from this plant are strung and hung in homes and vehicles to protect against the evil eye.<br /> <br /> In Iran, dried capsules - mixed with other ingredients - are burnt so as to produce a light, distinctly scented smoke. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, to be linked to its believed entheogenic properties. This practice, which roots back in pre-Islamic - Zoroastrian - times, is still used by the Iranians.<br /> <br /> The active [[alkaloid]]s of Harmal [[seed]]s are the [[MAOI]] ('''M'''ono'''A'''mine '''O'''xidase '''I'''nhibitor) compounds [[harmine]], [[harmaline]], and [[tetrahydroharmine]] (collectively known as [[harmala alkaloid]]s).<br /> <br /> {{Commons|Peganum harmala}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.erowid.org/plants/syrian_rue/syrian_rue.shtml Erowid Syrian Rue Vault]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Entheogens]]<br /> [[Category:Herbal and fungal hallucinogens]]<br /> [[Category:Monoamine oxidase inhibitors]]<br /> [[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]<br /> [[Category:Sapindales]]<br /> [[Category:Ayahuasca]]</div>

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