TBM

[Dirty Old Man]

Hehe just to give some preliminary alkaloid results of TBM a friend tells me its approaching 1%. He said his first observation of there not being much was wrong as it was very fine particles.

Did your friend ascertain this by extraction?

I was wondering how efficient (%) home cacti extractions were.

[strangebrew]

That would point to an MAOI being involved? With bridgesii a similar fresh dose should be taken as well to compare. Someone must have done this by now surely.

[Gunter]

Nothing points to MAOI in Trichocereus thus far that I have seen, but mesc is a mild MAOI by itself and can promote headaches in some likely due to this effect.

1% fresh or dry?

[teonanacatl]

dry weight. I might add that the plants my friend grows are normally of low to average potency due most likely to high rainfall.

Did your friend ascertain this by extraction?

I was wondering how efficient (%) home cacti extractions were.

yes via extraction. I think they are pretty efficient but there are obviously some losses along the way due to partitioning between two phases but if you extract each phase enough you will get 90%-99%. My friend pptates the alkaloids from the np solvent so that makes one less partition to deal with.

[chilli]

One is much more susceptible to prone than the other.

LOL... "susceptible to prone"

[Bongchitis]

LOL... "susceptible to prone"

I'm more susceptible to doggy!

[PD.]

Its all just variation IMO,

Here is a pic of a bridgesii that has peruvi like spines,

and two very different looking plants but these were growing from the same log!!!

and the tips,

[occidentalis]

Very interesting PD.

[Gunter]

What of T pallarensis, a peruvianoid like variety from Peru but having bridgesii like spines?

The species boundaries are odd to say the least.