OK. Ive been searching for a clear chacruna and limonene extraction tek but their all a bit confusing for a begginer. I have fresh chacruna leaves and several lemon trees to make the limonene. Whats the best way to soak chacruna? wet leaves, dry leaves whole, dry leaves powdered? and whats the best acid, can i just use the juice from the lemons i use to make the limonene mixed with water? I want to keep it natural and im pretty deep in the jungle so not too many things available to me. I tried mimosa extraction with lemon juice but no product was harvested, i dont know if it was the acid or if i didnt add enough sodium hydroxide im going to add more S.H later and see if it makes a difference. Not sure if i can get P.H. paper here either. Also read this-
balaganist wrote:
Should I do a defat stage, and if so which solvent to use - I have some heavy naphtha I can use...
Defat is not necessary if you go FASW. When you pull the fumarates from limo you leave the fats behind If you really wanted to defat properly you should do it with the solvent you're pulling but you wouldn't like to waste limo on an unnecessary defat!!

- but what is FASW???

FASW = fumaric acid saturated water.

it salts the alkaloids out of the limo, so the dmt goes into the FASW, which is then evap'd

thanks, hard to find fumeric acid in the jungle too