Anoki Ashoora
Rising Star
Hi nexus-dwellers. Instead of writing an introductory essay I decided to get more practical, and therefore I'd like to present you with my extraction method I used last time.
Any advice is welcome. Let's do it.
Ingredients I had:
- 100 grams mimosa hostilis rootbark
- 1l distilled water
- 1l 99% d-limonene
- 1l 10% white vinegar
- 100 grams NAOH plus a little more
- 450ml IPA
Extration method I chose was a simple STB. I figured it would be easier than an A/B, not having to cook the bark and filter it on several occasions. This is how I did it:
I. Grounding rootbark to a fine powder
II. Basifying
Mimosa powder was transferred into a glass pickling jar of 2l volume. 1 liter of water was basified slowly adding NAOH to water. Basified water was added to mimosa in the jar. Solution turned black. Solution was shaken for a short while, and let sit for an hour.
III. Pulling alkaloids with solvent
200 ml of d-limonene was poured into the jar of basified mimosa tea. Solution was agitated for 2 minutes, then let sit for half an hour, agitated again and let sit for another half an hour. Limonene was siphoned off and put in separate jar. Above procedure was repeated 5 times altogether, using 1 liter of limonene.
IV. Salting
Limonene was then transferred into a plastic container (1,5 liter mineral water bottle). 2 dl 10% white vinegar was poured into the bottle. Solution was aggitated for 2 minutes. When separation occured, I carefully siphoned the bottom layer of vinegar. Above procedure was repeated 5 times altogether, using 1 l white vinegar.
V. Evaporating vinegar
Vinegar was transferred into a pyrex dish, put in the oven, and evaporated at around 70 C. When the liquid got thick enough, it was taken out of the oven.
VI. Basifying
Resulting gooey stuff was mixed with 100 ml heavily basified water (using NAOH, actually too much). Solution turned black.
VII. IPA pulling
Basified solution mixed with 100 ml IPA. After separation occured, IPA was siphoned off, saved in separate container. Above procedure repeated 3 times.
VIII. Evaporating IPA
IPA was transferred into a pyrex dish, put in the oven, evaporated at 100 C. Unfortunatelly the IPA pulled lots of NAOH as well. At the end of this step I got a dark red goo and a white layer of dried out NAOH on the dish.
IX. Cleaning solution
Goo was dissolved in 150 ml IPA. IPA dissolved all the dmt containing goo, but most of the NAOH remained undissolved in the solution. Solution put in the freezer, so as to make NAOH's solubility in IPA lower. More NAOH appeared on the bottom of the solution. Solution was taken out of freezer and filtered. Excess NAOH was discarded.
X. IPA was poured onto a mix of white sage and mint leaf. Yeah I did not evaporate it to see my yield because I was impatient.
I'm currently waiting for the IPA to evaporate completely. Once it's done, I will test my product and write trip reports too. If you have any useful tips or comment feel free to enlighten me. By no means do I believe my technique is superior, I have lots to learn. I chose limonene because I wanted full spectrum, plus no petrochems. Cheers.
Any advice is welcome. Let's do it.
Ingredients I had:
- 100 grams mimosa hostilis rootbark
- 1l distilled water
- 1l 99% d-limonene
- 1l 10% white vinegar
- 100 grams NAOH plus a little more
- 450ml IPA
Extration method I chose was a simple STB. I figured it would be easier than an A/B, not having to cook the bark and filter it on several occasions. This is how I did it:
I. Grounding rootbark to a fine powder
II. Basifying
Mimosa powder was transferred into a glass pickling jar of 2l volume. 1 liter of water was basified slowly adding NAOH to water. Basified water was added to mimosa in the jar. Solution turned black. Solution was shaken for a short while, and let sit for an hour.
III. Pulling alkaloids with solvent
200 ml of d-limonene was poured into the jar of basified mimosa tea. Solution was agitated for 2 minutes, then let sit for half an hour, agitated again and let sit for another half an hour. Limonene was siphoned off and put in separate jar. Above procedure was repeated 5 times altogether, using 1 liter of limonene.
IV. Salting
Limonene was then transferred into a plastic container (1,5 liter mineral water bottle). 2 dl 10% white vinegar was poured into the bottle. Solution was aggitated for 2 minutes. When separation occured, I carefully siphoned the bottom layer of vinegar. Above procedure was repeated 5 times altogether, using 1 l white vinegar.
V. Evaporating vinegar
Vinegar was transferred into a pyrex dish, put in the oven, and evaporated at around 70 C. When the liquid got thick enough, it was taken out of the oven.
VI. Basifying
Resulting gooey stuff was mixed with 100 ml heavily basified water (using NAOH, actually too much). Solution turned black.
VII. IPA pulling
Basified solution mixed with 100 ml IPA. After separation occured, IPA was siphoned off, saved in separate container. Above procedure repeated 3 times.
VIII. Evaporating IPA
IPA was transferred into a pyrex dish, put in the oven, evaporated at 100 C. Unfortunatelly the IPA pulled lots of NAOH as well. At the end of this step I got a dark red goo and a white layer of dried out NAOH on the dish.
IX. Cleaning solution
Goo was dissolved in 150 ml IPA. IPA dissolved all the dmt containing goo, but most of the NAOH remained undissolved in the solution. Solution put in the freezer, so as to make NAOH's solubility in IPA lower. More NAOH appeared on the bottom of the solution. Solution was taken out of freezer and filtered. Excess NAOH was discarded.
X. IPA was poured onto a mix of white sage and mint leaf. Yeah I did not evaporate it to see my yield because I was impatient.
I'm currently waiting for the IPA to evaporate completely. Once it's done, I will test my product and write trip reports too. If you have any useful tips or comment feel free to enlighten me. By no means do I believe my technique is superior, I have lots to learn. I chose limonene because I wanted full spectrum, plus no petrochems. Cheers.
