Help with a cactus extraction

[Abandoned]

Hi folks, brand new associate but super duper long time lurker and reader of the forum all the way back to like 2012 (i wasn't marking the date so... it is a guess)

Right to the point: I know this is not the right spot but i thought someone may be able to help.

I have some old Trichocereus bridgesii chips.
I bought 99% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) but was then reading that it is good to have some water in the extraction, some said as much as 30% so i measured things out and added in water and IPA to what was now cactus dust.

The first pull: a 1 day soak with 80% IPA/20% water turning into a beautiful dark green liquid and it was evap'ed away into a sticky, dark green, bitter sticky good which was what i was expecting so CHECK! I do think i got some of the cactus material into the evap dish which is of course adding to the weight. got about 5 grams...from 30g of chips.

Pull 2 - similar formula - got an additional 2.5g with the same characteristics, feel like this one was "cleaner" than the first. Got about 2 grams...

Pull 3 - so this time i think i made a mistake and used just the IPA and the result could not have been more different. This time i got a completely dry, flaky result that was much lighter in color, with the particles actually looking a bit shiny and "sharp" edged.

So what happened on that 3rd pull? Was it what would happen if you pulled with just 99% IPA? if so, what did i get? (please say something like pure mescaline crystals!)

Anyway, thanks folks! I am just anxious to figure out what i have as i am a very very anxious tripper and really want to know what i have and what do do with it. Is there a way to test the results at home (Marquis test, are there "home brew" options???, THANK YOU and CHEERS!

 

[_Trip_]

You wouldn't have pulled anything close to pure mescaline, you'd have a combination of multiple alkaloids, fats etc. It would still likely contain some level of mescaline though.

If you want pure mescaline look at one of the Teks on the nexus wiki page.

Category:Extraction Tek - DMT-Nexus Wiki

wiki.dmt-nexus.me

I'd personally recommend the Cielo Tek Loveall came up with.

 

[ijahdan]

No need to test your product. Assuming your starting material was genuine bridgesii, the extract will only contain alkaloids and plant matter from that cactus, which is all safe to consume. Start with a low test dose to guage its strength.

 

[shroombee]

Pull 3 - so this time i think i made a mistake and used just the IPA and the result could not have been more different. This time i got a completely dry, flaky result that was much lighter in color, with the particles actually looking a bit shiny and "sharp" edged.

So what happened on that 3rd pull? Was it what would happen if you pulled with just 99% IPA? if so, what did i get? (please say something like pure mescaline crystals!)

You third pull with 99% IPA likely has no mescaline, as mescaline malate (the natural form of mescaline in cactus) is not soluble in IPA. That's why your IPA needs to have water.