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Natural Products Chemist: 10+ years

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Pandan

Pandan

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Hello All,

I obtained a PhD in the field of Natural Products chemistry from a southeastern US university almost a decade ago and am currently working with an industry company. I have 10+ years of laboratory and scholarly experience in the scientific field. I joined the forum for the pleasure of discussing the chemistry of psychoactive substances and the pharmacology of their interaction with the human brain (and consciousness).

The natural products science field is now highly interdisciplinary and involves familiarity with and use of techniques from all of the following fields and more:

Chemistry (Organic, Inorganic, Analytical)
Pharmacology / Medicine
Biology / Microbiology
Botany / Taxonomy
Ethnobotany / Anthropology
Ecology / Geology
Biochemistry / Enzymology
Genetics / Molecular Biology

I am happy to offer expertise and participate in discussion regarding many scientific aspects of natural psychoactives - a favorite hobby topic of mine.

Cheers,
Pandan
 
Welcome to the Nexus!

Im glad to have you onboard, we always need more people with lab/science experience :) Im sure your knowledge and experience will come in handy!

So whats your experience with DMT/psychedelics, if any? Did you try ayahuasca yet? What about extractions of natural compounds?

Be well!
 
I have experimented with psychoactives and psychedelics pretty extensively in the past few decades. To sum up the experience simply, I have ingested or experimented with about 130 of the 340 entries listed on Erowid's Big Chart Index (The Vaults of Erowid : Big Chart Index). I do it for curiosity, research, learning, knowledge, adventure, novelty, medicine, recreation, or pleasure. Ayahuasca/DMT is among the very greatest of all substances on earth in terms of potential positive benefit to humans. To me, that is a fact and the primary reason I joined this forum instead of another. I performed an extraction on 1 lb of Mimosa hostilis root bark some time back and yielded 1 g of 95%+ crystalline DMT for personal use. I have had five experiences with Ayahuasca/DMT. I have intermediate level technical experience with natural products extraction in general but am certainly not an expert. The chemistry, pharmacology, and neurochemistry of bioactives and psychoactives is interesting for its own sake but most fascinating is the spiritual, mystical, and philosophical aspects. The depth and variety of effects that different substances have on sensation, perception, and consciousness, for better or for worse, is utterly incredible.

Cheers!
:)
 
Pandan said:
I have experimented with psychoactives and psychedelics pretty extensively in the past few decades. To sum up the experience simply, I have ingested or experimented with about 130 of the 340 entries listed on Erowid's Big Chart Index (The Vaults of Erowid : Big Chart Index). I do it for curiosity, research, learning, knowledge, adventure, novelty, medicine, recreation, or pleasure. Ayahuasca/DMT is among the very greatest of all substances on earth in terms of potential positive benefit to humans. To me, that is a fact and the primary reason I joined this forum instead of another. I have had five experiences with Ayahuasca/DMT. I performed an extraction on 1 lb of Mimosa hostilis root bark some time back and yielded 1 g of 95%+ crystalline DMT for personal use. I have intermediate level experience with natural products extraction but am certainly not an expert.

The chemistry, pharmacology, and neurochemistry of bioactives and psychoactives is interesting for its own sake but most fascinating is the spiritual, mystical, and philosophical aspects. The depth and variety of effects that these chemical interactions have on human awareness, sensation, perception, and consciousness overall, for better or for worse, is just utterly incredible!

Cheers!
:)
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Firstly welcome to the Nexus...

1 gram for ~440grams of starting material seems pretty small. I'd think 4-8 grams would be more typical.

In any event welcome you will find good company here. Lots of scientists and mystically minded people...

Peace
 
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