Hey guys! Was excited to try out my first extraction of bufotenin from 25g of Anadenanthera colubrina seeds.
This is what I did:
1. Crushed seeds with hammer inside a ziplock bag
2. Mixed it all up with an equal quantity of sodium carbonate
3. Added a couple of spoons of citric acid to a half cup of water then mixed it in with the seeds and powder.
4. When you mix it in lots of fizzing and foaming. I slowed my pace of pouring it in and stirred with a pen. I let the jar sit overnight (the whole thing smells like peanut butter)
5. I poured in the sludge over a baking pan and put it in oven at 300f for about an hour
6. It dried up real nice into an even layer that I then crumbled out. Looked exactly like peanut brittle candy.
7. I crushed it all again with a hammer inside a bag
8. I put the crumbs in a jar and then poured in acetone and stirred. The acetone turns yellow like urine but cloudy and darker. I pour it out into another cup with paper towel acting as a filter and repeat several times.
9. To the recovered acetone I added a couple spoons worth of citric acid and the solution went wild with yellowish specks flying around (bufotenin?!). I let the solution sit for a couple hours.
10. I poured out the acetone and at the bottom was left with some crud that looked like dirty snot. There was also some fine sandy stuff at the bottom which was probably undissolved citric acid.
11. I now added a couple spoons of calcium hydroxide and stirred in more acetone and everything turned milky white. I left it alone for about an hour.
12. When I came back the solution had turned into two layers with yellow acetone above and muddy white lime at the bottom. I poured out the acetone through paper towel into a shot glass.
13. I warmed the glass with the yellow acetone on the stove on low until a soft boil. I didn't remove it until it was nearly dry.
What I was left with was a very viscous but clear resin like tree sap and a slight medicinal smell.
What is this? Did I accidentally make myself some changa?
This is what I did:
1. Crushed seeds with hammer inside a ziplock bag
2. Mixed it all up with an equal quantity of sodium carbonate
3. Added a couple of spoons of citric acid to a half cup of water then mixed it in with the seeds and powder.
4. When you mix it in lots of fizzing and foaming. I slowed my pace of pouring it in and stirred with a pen. I let the jar sit overnight (the whole thing smells like peanut butter)
5. I poured in the sludge over a baking pan and put it in oven at 300f for about an hour
6. It dried up real nice into an even layer that I then crumbled out. Looked exactly like peanut brittle candy.
7. I crushed it all again with a hammer inside a bag
8. I put the crumbs in a jar and then poured in acetone and stirred. The acetone turns yellow like urine but cloudy and darker. I pour it out into another cup with paper towel acting as a filter and repeat several times.
9. To the recovered acetone I added a couple spoons worth of citric acid and the solution went wild with yellowish specks flying around (bufotenin?!). I let the solution sit for a couple hours.
10. I poured out the acetone and at the bottom was left with some crud that looked like dirty snot. There was also some fine sandy stuff at the bottom which was probably undissolved citric acid.
11. I now added a couple spoons of calcium hydroxide and stirred in more acetone and everything turned milky white. I left it alone for about an hour.
12. When I came back the solution had turned into two layers with yellow acetone above and muddy white lime at the bottom. I poured out the acetone through paper towel into a shot glass.
13. I warmed the glass with the yellow acetone on the stove on low until a soft boil. I didn't remove it until it was nearly dry.
What I was left with was a very viscous but clear resin like tree sap and a slight medicinal smell.
What is this? Did I accidentally make myself some changa?
