bananadine en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined for a hoax in the Berkeley Barb in 1967, presumably from banana + -ine.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A fictional psychoactive substance said to be extracted from banana peels.
The most embarrassing and ludicrous event seldom recalled in the professional literature is the story of "bananadine" or "mellow yellow," […]
1983, Michael Myslobodsky, Hemisyndromes, psychobiology, neurology, psychiatry:They conclude that the "active ingredient" in bananadine is the psychic suggestibility of the user in the proper setting.
1967, The American Journal of Psychiatry:The smoking of dried scrapings from the inner portion of banana peel (bananadine or mellow yellow) has received the most national publicity.
1970, Oliver Erasmus Byrd, Medical readings on drug abuse: