Anyone used this? I know virola resin is said to have DMT and 5-MeO in it, but what about the bark? As anyone tried to do a crude extraction, either by boiling or by using a soxhlet, to see what comes out?

Blessings
~ND

VIROLAS (Virola calophylla, V. colophylloidea, and V. theiodora) are among the most recently discovered hallucinogenic plants. These jungle trees of medium size have glossy, dark green leaves with clusters of tiny yellow flowers that emit a pungent aroma. The intoxicating principles are in the blood-red resin yielded by the tree bark, which makes a powerful snuff.
Virola trees are native to the New World tropics. They are members of the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae, which comprises some 300 species of trees in 18 genera. The best known member of the family is Myristica fragrans, an Asiatic tree that is the source of nutmeg and mace.
In Colombia, the species most often used for hallucinogenic purposes are Virola calophylla and V. calophylloidea, whereas in Brazil and Venezuela the Indians prefer V. theiodora, which seems to yield a more potent resin.

AN INTOXICATING SNUFF is prepared from the bark of Virola trees by Indians of the northwestern Amazon and the headwaters of the Orinoco. An anthropologist who observed the Yekwana Indians of Venezuela in their preparation and use of the snuff in 1909 commented:
"Of special interest are cures, during which the witch doctor inhales hakudufha. This is a magical snuff used exclusively by witch doctors and prepared from the bark of a certain tree which, pounded up, is boiled in a small earthenware pot, until all the water has evaporated and a sediment remains at the bottom of the pot.
"This sediment is toasted in the pot over a slight fire and is then finely powdered with the blade of a knife. Then the sorcerer blows a little of the powder through a reed . . . into the air. Next, he snuffs, whilst, with the same reed, he absorbs the powder into each nostril successively.
"The hakudufha obviously has a strong stimulating effect, for immediately the witch doctor begins to sing and yell wildly, all the while pitching the upper part of his body backwards and forwards."

Picture attached is: Strip of bark from Virola tree, showing oozing resin." From golden guide; schultes
https://erowid.org/libra...olden_guide/g71-80.shtml

Virola theiodora, a botanical source of intoxication snuffs used by certain South America Indian tribes, has been shown to contain the hallucinogen 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine as well as a number of other indoles. One Indian snuff proved to be unusually high in alkaloid content (11%). Considerable differences in the alkaloid composition of different parts of single plants were encountered, N,N-dimethyltryptamine being the major component in the leaves and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine in the bark of Virola theiodora. Of other species of Virola investigated V. rufula contained substantial amounts of tryptamines, whereas V. multinervia and V. venosa were almost devoid of alkaloids. V. calophylla contained high amounts of alkaloids only in the leaves. Two new β-carbolines of a type carrying the substituents in the 6-position of the β-carboline nucleus were found in V.theiodora, V. rufula, and Anadenanthera (Piptadenia) peregrina. By spectrometric and other data their structures have been shown to be 2-methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline and 1,2-dimethyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline.

N,N-dimethyltryptamine being the major component in the leaves and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine in the bark of Virola theiodora. Of other species of Virola investigated V. rufula contained substantial amounts of tryptamines, whereas V. multinervia and V. venosa were almost devoid of alkaloids. V. calophylla contained high amounts of alkaloids only in the leaves. Two new β-carbolines of a type carrying the substituents in the 6-position of the β-carboline nucleus were found in V.theiodora, V. rufula, and Anadenanthera (Piptadenia) peregrina. By spectrometric and other data their structures have been shown to be 2-methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline and 1,2-dimethyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline.

That afternoon a young Witoto named Basilio came to the ca-sita and, having heard of
our interest from the priest, offered to take us to see his father, a shaman with a local
reputation. Basilio assumed we were interested in ayahuasca, the better-known
hallucinogen in the area, which is generally available for the asking.
The oo-koo-he was a much more sensitive subject. There had been a murder at La
Chorrera a month or two before we arrived — actually several murders — and Guzman
claimed they all had to do with oo-koo-he. Supposedly a shaman had murdered one of
two shaman brothers by painting the top rung of a ladder with a DMT-containing resin.
When the victim grabbed the rung, the resin had absorbed through his fingers and he had
gotten vertigo and fallen, breaking his neck. The shaman whose brother had been killed
struck back by causing an accident. The alleged murderer's wife, daughter, and
grandchild had been in a canoe above the chorro and, unaccountably unable to reach the
shore, they had been swept over it. It was generally assumed that they were victims of
magic. Only the wife had lived through it. It was not the time to be poking around asking
about oo-koo-he. -terence mckenna; true hallucinations

we learned that the oo-koo-he was always made with the ash of other trees mixed into the
DMT-containing resin. We felt that these additional ingredients must be the key to its
oral activity, since normally DMT would be destroyed by enzymes in the large intestine.
Dennis was determined that we make a firm botanical identification of the "secret
activators." Ideally we hoped to be the first to get good collections of these plants. It
would be our small contribution to Amazonian ethnobotany.-TM; true hallucinations

Abstract
Quijos Quichua collaborators identifiedOsteophloeum platyspermum and Virola duckei (Myristicaceae) as sources of a psychoactive sap. This is the first reported hallucinogenic use of Myristicaceae from Ecuador. Species in Malpighiaceae and Solanaceae are more common sources of hallucinogens, but older Quichua still employ these myristicaceous species.Virola is used widely as a hallucinogen in other parts of Amazonia but there are no previous reports on the psychoactive use ofO. platyspermum. Field tests for the presence of alkaloids using Dragendorffs reagent were positive for both species. Like the Bora and Witoto in Peru, the Quijos Quichua consume myristicaceous hallucinogens orally. Most other indigenous peoples prepare psychoactive snuffs from the bark and sap.
http://link.springer.com...ticle/10.1007/BF02908205

Was the snuff which contained 11% alkaloids prepared from plant material or resin?

Though I wish the alkaloid content was quantified.

I could not get the download to work, but I'm seeking out the full article elsewhere.

The resin is a product of the live or fresh plant, correct?

The 11% snuff was from the resin of Virola theiodora. It consisted of mainly 5-MeO-DMT (88%), with a bit of DMT (11%), and traces of other alks (NMT, 5-MeO-NMT, 6-MeO-THC).