project found! some black cappi leafe from the old nexus days!!

[1Starway7]

I thoughi i lost the great cappi leaf i had from years back..but i found some left over leaf...its very dry and still active! This should be a good safer substitute for that nasty rue!
Put a pinch last night in water ..looked at it under black light...and it glowed strongly!
Will give it a try soon!

 

[Transform]

I thoughi i lost the great cappi leaf i had from years back..but i found some left over leaf...its very dry and still active! This should be a good safer substitute for that nasty rue!
Put a pinch last night in water ..looked at it under black light...and it glowed strongly!
Will give it a try soon!

Do you have a picture of the glow, and the leaves themselves? And is this black caapi from banisteriopsis, or the one that iirc people were claiming was in fact Alicia anisopetala?

Something I've noticed, at least as an analogy, is that in the case of sea buckthorn extracts where there's quite a compelling β-carboline-style fluorescence, this doesn't necessarily correspond to there being a useable concentration of RIMA in the plant material.

Did you manage to use these leaves as an effective source of MAOI before?

 

[1Starway7]

Do you have a picture of the glow, and the leaves themselves? And is this black caapi from banisteriopsis, or the one that iirc people were claiming was in fact Alicia anisopetala?

Something I've noticed, at least as an analogy, is that in the case of sea buckthorn extracts where there's quite a compelling β-carboline-style fluorescence, this doesn't necessarily correspond to there being a useable concentration of RIMA in the plant material.

Did you manage to use these leaves as an effective source of MAOI before?

yes i used those leaves 3 or 4 years back and found that species to be quite potent!

its hard to get the glow picture right with a simple camera...

ive read that if the leaves were kept dry they will stay active for years...back then...black cappi leaves were concidered very effective even more so than the black capi vine...

i still have a large bag of ....young cappi from the big island..that was suposed to be growing on the .....late dmt kings property.......but i think it might be fake. capi leaf?..

but this older leaf is in a marked bag...thats labeled [natural herbal tea leaf....

after putting it in water then in front of black light....it had a strong glow...and got on my fingers...but after sitting at room temperature over night the glow weakened some....

the leaves i got from the big island ...didnt glow much at all..?

 

[1Starway7]

yes i used those leaves 3 or 4 years back and found that species to be quite potent!

its hard to get the glow picture right with a simple camera...

ive read that if the leaves were kept dry they will stay active for years...back then...black cappi leaves were concidered very effective even more so than the black capi vine...

i still have a large bag of ....young cappi from the big island..that was suposed to be growing on the .....late dmt kings property.......but i think it might be fake. capi leaf?..

but this older leaf is in a marked bag...thats labeled [natural herbal tea leaf....

after putting it in water then in front of black light....it had a strong glow...and got on my fingers...but after sitting at room temperature over night the glow weakened some....

the leaves i got from the big island ...didnt glow much at all..?

I set camera on auto focus in dark...got a little better picture of what looks like blue/ green...glow to my eyes and this isnt much leaf material only a pinch in water...this is just from a small pinch of leaf...probily might be a stronger color if i used more leaf or alcohol instead of distilled water?

kind of a light blue/green tint.. last two pictures with plain tap water...

 

[Transform]

That shot glass illustrates well how some glass glows blue quite strongly, which can be annoying if you're trying to work with something that fluoresces in a similar shade.

Good of you to include the blanks as well

As I've mentioned in some other threads, a simple LED kids' "spy pen" comes in surprisingly handy when working with harmalas. Less cumbersome than waving a fluorescent tube around as well, even though the latter has its place too.

I look forward to hearing how this goes for you since it seems pretty clear that those leaves should still be at least half-decent. That's a respectable amount of glow from a pinch of material.

 

[1Starway7]

That shot glass illustrates well how some glass glows blue quite strongly, which can be annoying if you're trying to work with something that fluoresces in a similar shade.

Good of you to include the blanks as well

As I've mentioned in some other threads, a simple LED kids' "spy pen" comes in surprisingly handy when working with harmalas. Less cumbersome than waving a fluorescent tube around as well, even though the latter has its place too.

I look forward to hearing how this goes for you since it seems pretty clear that those leaves should still be at least half-decent. That's a respectable amount of glow from a pinch of material.

I can hardly believe this for leaf material.... even if its 2 or 3 years old...soaking only in water over night in the refrigerator...i put some on my toung and its quite bitter!

ive tryed Other cappi leaf in a tea water tast a little like weak black tea..but this stuff is ....VERY BITTER!... just from soaking in water in refrigerator over night...

I looked at my toung with black light and it reflected a light color on it....

 

[Jamie01]

I have rue from like maybe 2009-2010 era that is still potent and I can’t say I notice a difference between this stuff and extracts from newer seed.

 

[1Starway7]

I have rue from like maybe 2009-2010 era that is still potent and I can’t say I notice a difference between this stuff and extracts from newer seed.

this is black cappi leaf...

 

[Traged]

Black light is just UV? Material was not extracted in any way? just put in the water?

 

[1Starway7]

Black light is just UV? Material was not extracted in any way? just put in the water?

correct...