Banisteriopsis caapi extraction. IPA instead of acid boil?

[MayorJuana91]

I have been dreaming a lot recently about doing a harmala extraction. In my dream, Harmalas were extracted from the shredded/powdered vine by soaking in IPA (for a month??), INSTEAD of doing 3 acidic boils. The IPA was then evaporated down to resin, redissolved in the minimal amount of water/vinegar, and purified using the extraction tek in the wiki.

I believe the point of this dream was to show me an alternative route to doing acid boils. Does this dream seem plausible?

 

[DreaMTripper]

Harmalas arent very soluble in IPA theyre more soluble in ethanol so you would need a large amount of IPA to do it.
If you were going to soak them for a month then you may as well soak it in acidic water for a week then FILTER, basify by dropper, decant liquid away from precipitates, rinse, filter and purify.
That way you could use mimimal water if using a stove top to reduce is your issue.

 

[MayorJuana91]

Thanks! That sounds a whole lot easier!

 

[DreaMTripper]

Gibrans tek is straightforward it just takes time and dont overbase it will take a load of water to neutralise and much longer to rinse. Easy Caapi Vine Alkaloid Extraction Guide - DMT-Nexus Wiki
There are no real short cuts in harmala teks if you want a clean usuable product.
You could do the minimum in gibrans tek and end up with a crude light brown usuable extract.

 

[Enoon]

Also check out the link in my signature for a tek on cold extraction of caapi.

I've used IPA to perform an extraction of caapi but the results weren't as good as with vinegar.

 

[MayorJuana91]

Thanks guys! I plan on following the easy extraction guide in the tek, don't plan on taking any short cuts. I just have two roommates that are kinda "uptight" and complain every time I'm trying to do a boil. But Im going to try soaking in acidic water for a week ( already have it started), then i will filter out plant matter, and follow the tek as is. Thanks for the help! Ill post the results, in about a week or so.:thumb_up: :thumb_up: