How easy is it to extract salvinorin A?
It is quite easy to create an extract that has a high concentration of salvinorin A, and this can indeed be done with commonly available solvents, and without a chemistry background or sophisticated lab equipment. Obtaining reasonably pure salvinorin A is also relatively easy. However, highly purified extracts require more sophisticated scales to weigh properly, which most people don’t have access to. Any chemical that is strongly psychoactive below a few milligrams has to be handled incredibly carefully. Because of this, we will not be discussing purification and recrystallization methods in this FAQ. Of the commonly available solvents, acetone is considered the best, due to the fact that salvinorin A is so absurdly soluble in it. However, people have used high proof isopropyl alcohol successfully too, as well as hot high-proof ethanol (salvinorin A tends to precipitate out of room temperature, cool, or cold ethanol). Nevertheless, all alcohol is flammable, and since an electric heat
