Caapi extraction advice

[InAwe]

Hello fellow nauts,

Can someone please direct me towards a good method for extracting harmaline from dried banisteriopsis caapi leaves?

I previously tried boiling down some leaves, removing the leaves, then reducing the water to a paste, then drying. I'm sure there's a better way. This is more a reduction than an extraction.

I've been successful at an acid base tek for ACRB, so I do have some very basic grasp of plant extraction chemistry --- emphasis on "basic"

Please forgive any ignorance demonstrated in above text, I'm still pretty new at this.

Any links or advice is much appreciated.

Thank you!

 

[TGO]

Check out the harmala section of the forum:

Pictorial Guide to Caapi Vine Alkaloid Extraction

Edit: However, keep this in mind, according to Gibran:

I tried the caapi extraction TEK on a small quantity of what I think were weak leaves and didn’t get anything. I think someone else posted about trying to extract from leaves and not getting good results. Maybe there’s something in the leaves that prevents freebase alkaloids from cleanly precipitating? I don’t know.

If you try it, please post your results!

 

[InAwe]

Thank you for taking the time to give me that information, as well as the quote. Very helpful!