ephedrine extraction

  1. narabreakingbad

    Ephedrine vs Methamphetamine

    Question 
    Hi guys! Im little confused. If I understand correctly ephedrine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, yet meth is man made, synthetic substance. So how does this work? Please someone clarify this for me.
  2. B

    Ephedrine is extracted from Ephedra (Ma Huang)

    Question 
    I read in the previous post that it was too difficult for me.I wanted an extraction method that was simple and didn't require multiple ingredients.I have Ma Huang and am thinking of using methanol as an extractor.Can anyone explain a simple method for people without chemistry skills?
  3. U

    Best solvent for meth safe not bad smelling.

    Question 
    Hello I would like to discuss possible solvents usage as replacement of stinky long evaporating T.(Toluene) to for example extract ephedrine from pills -What is most suitable solvent for dissolving pseudo/ephedrine without this unholy stink and also one that evaporates all within hour's...
  4. G.Patton

    Ephedrine extraction from plants

    Introduction Ephedrine was found in the Chinese "Ma-huang" or Ephedra sinica Stapf plant, made from various species of ephedra, by Nagai in 1887. It has two chiral centers so that four configurationally isomeric ephedrines exist. The two naturally occurring ephedrines differ in the configuration...
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