Can anyone do an herbal extract of alstonine for me from alstonei boonei?

 

 

While I expect local healers just make an infusion, these scientists used alcohol in their extraction. Besides alstonine's action against malaria, I read it has efficacy as an antipsychotic. What use do you have in mind for it?

 

Antimalarial Activity of Ethanolic Stem Bark Extract of Alstonia boonei in Mice

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

 

Plant collection and authentication: Fresh stem bark of Alstonea boonei was collected in Shagari Village, Akure South Local Government, Ondo State of Nigeria. It was identified and authenticated by Mal. Ibrahim Muazzam of the Medicinal Plant Research and Traditional Medicine (MPR and TM) Department, National Institute Pharmaceutical Research Development (NIPRD), Idu, Abuja in 2009.

 

Extraction of plant material: The fresh stem bark was cleaned, cut into pieces and air dried under shade in the laboratory for 2 weeks and reduced to powder. The dry stem bark was ground to coarse powder in a mortar. Extraction was carried out by dispersing 500 g of the ground plant material in 2.5 L of 70% alcohol and shaking was done with a GFL shaker (No. 3017 MBH, Germany) for 72 h. This was followed by vacuum filtration and extract concentration using a rotary evaporator at a temperature not exceeding 400°C. The concentrate was heated over a water bath to obtain a solvent free extract, which was stored in a refrigerator, at 40°C. ...

As an antipsychotic, but I don't know how to extract it properly. Is there someone who would do it for me?

As an antipsychotic, but I don't know how to extract it properly. Is there someone who would do it for me?

Possibly there are people that would extract it -or try-, but unless you're in Africa and getting it from a traditional healer, I wouldn't recommend it.

Just for the record, it's also probably illegal.