Lupus Posted September 22, 2000 I have been researching Salvorin extraction and safe use of pure substance but seem to be hitting a brick wall wherever I turn. I know that it requires a strong solvent (acetone?) to free it but in what type of extraction? Soxhlett?? What else would come with it??? Dazed & Confused - Lupus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rkundalini Posted September 22, 2000 I think there is a little bit about this available in the FAQ at salvia.lycaeum.org. The basic extraction technique is simply to dry & powder leaf and sit it in the solvent for a few days, shaking periodically. Repeat on the marc. No need for heat (dangerous). There isn't that much point in trying to get pure salvinorin-A since that just makes it very difficult to handle. For what it's worth, I think the process is essentially to make a solvent extract and then do column chromatography on it to isolate the pure substance. More useful is simply to extract into a solvent, reduce and dump onto leaf to make a smokable extract, or reduce all the way down to a tar for sublingual absorbtion. Or you could try to clone Siebert's "Emerald Essence" -- if Torsten makes it to this thread he might have some hints about that... I think he mentioned he was attempting it at some stage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lupus Posted September 28, 2000 Siebert's "Emerald Essence"???? What is this? I havn't come accross this before. As I said my internet search hasn't come up with much. What solvent would you recomend? Acetone? How safe would it be to put the extract on a leaf and smoke it? Safe doses?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
