L-Tryptophan

[eprec]

I've read that applying L-tryptophan to the soil of a Phalaris specimen can great increase the alkaloid content pretty well.

Does anyone have experience with this?
Im hoping for advice on the best methods to apply it to the soil.


As a side note: i really enjoy the idea of organic synthesis. Using DNA of creatures and feeding them the right food and growing conditions to synthesize alkaloids. Seems kind of like alchemy and shamanism under one glass-instrument filled teepee.

 

[acacian]

sounds interesting. where did you read about this?

 

[VoidTraveler]

I've read an article this week about research going on with mushrooms and them synthesizing other alkaloids. Mushroom convert DMT into Psilocybin in just one action. Infusing the mushrooms with alkaloids that are reasonably similar to DMT and using this same process may result in different end products.

As can be read here

Interesting stuff, so you might be onto something. Perhaps you should test this and see if you get higher yields if you go about various routes. Adding extra to the soil, injecting small amounts in the stems, etc.

 

[benzyme]

in eukaryotic systems which produce their own tryptophan in vivo, the tryptophan decarboxylation step is highly regulated (rate-limiting step) and requires a good deal of energy. supplementation of tryptophan does nothing to enhance the process, and would
actually inhibit it. a more practical approach would be supplementation of tryptamine or NMT.

 

[Infundibulum]

I've read that applying L-tryptophan to the soil of a Phalaris specimen can great increase the alkaloid content pretty well.

Too bad that tryptophan (as well as many other micromolecules) do not absorb at all from the roots...Interesting idea but that's a dead idea, not to mention that if you could supplement tryptophan that wouldn't do any good.

I'm just wondering, out of curiosity and amusement, where did you read that supplying phalaris grass with tryptophan increases alkaloid content pretty well? That must be some jolly amusing thing to read if you can cite us to it!

 

[eprec]

It was information i pulled out of two different sources.

DMT from Phalaris

Effect Of Amino Acids On Plants

 

[eprec]

but thank you :] i dont want to waste all my L-tryptophan if its not going to affect the plants at all.

Now to find some pure tryptamine somewhere...

 

[Infundibulum]

Mind you, tryptamine will not absorb from the roots either. And the priyachem website sounds very dubious to be believable; they state however that amino acids can be absorbed via the stomata of the plants (i.e. from the leaves, not the roots). While theoretically possible, it should not be assumed that plants can utilise nutrients via this way. You'll definitely need to find more rigorous information on the issue.