ACRB/MHRB shelf life

[PsillyPsimon]

Hello all.

I have been extracting for a few years now and I am wondering if anyone has experienced their root bark deteriorating over time. I have some ACRB that I bought a few years back and the first extractions went as expected. Then I didn't touch it for a couple of years. My subsequent extractions yielded a product of a lighter colour and it drew some unfavourable comments.

I am wondering if anyone has had similar or experiences. Note that the tek I have used has been the same, so the only variable has been the root bark itself.

 

[bismillah]

Based on my high school level knowledge of chemistry, I'd say it would last a darn long time in a cool, dry, and dark place. I haven't kept any bark for over a year, but I imagine the turnover rate in whatever basement I ordered my stock from is quite low. It might be a couple years old already, and still seems to abound with goodies.

 

[xdragon]

Unlike bufotenin, both DMT and 5-MeO-DMT are relatively unstable and begin to degrade rather quickly. Schultes and colleges (1977) examined a 120-year-old bean collection and found 0.6% bufotenin with no DMT or 5-MeO-DMT present at all. They also examined a batch of beans that contained all three compounds when fresh, but found only bufotenin in the beans after only two years of storage.

I have no practical experience with those compounds/plants, but this excerpt from Anadenanthera peregrina - Wikipedia gives me to think. Currently trying to download the book to verify, but it's taking ages.

 

[CarBizzle]

I have no practical experience with those compounds/plants, but this excerpt from Anadenanthera peregrina - Wikipedia gives me to think. Currently trying to download the book to verify, but it's taking ages.

Its been 5 years, has it finished downloading yet?

 

[ommani]

Seems to last a long time… I gave a friend, who knows what he’s doing, a bunch of MHRB that I had from years ago, and got back an abundance of yellow crystals, like manna from heaven…