nobuoni. There is a considerable amount of reports out there of people dissolving harmalas in alcohol (and apparently acetone too) and when evapping, the product changing into a red goo (turkey red, harmala red,  etc)..  Apparently this product is even used as a dye.  Nobody seems to know exactly what it is (maybe harmine/harmaline n-oxide? ) and if its active or not.

So whats your take on this? did you never get a red oily byproduct when evapping in methanol/alcohol?