Making a resin/extract/goop/etc from a plant

I want to do this to make an extract from bay leaves. I have heard of this procedure: Blend it to powder it, combine and soak with ethanol in a covered beaker in a bright place for 5 days, filter out plant material with coffee filter into new container, allow to evaporate, scoop up the goopy stuff.

Does this sound about right? I know that bay leaves have isoquinoline alkaloids. Would this also extract the alkaloids?

Thanks

 

you can buy it online if you want.
http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred/GreenCanyon/questc101140

but, a homemade batch is much more valuable, especially in terms of information on how it worked, than one that is bought from the internet.

Anyways, yeah, that sounds about right... that's fairly standard procedure with most plants. depends on where the alkaloid is, if it's inside the cells you might want to do something extra to break them open like boiling. check around.

 

I wouldn't buy it online because what I want is a solid smokable resin which will have basically all of the chemicals that make me all relaxed when I smoke regular crushed bay leaves.

 

evaporate the liquid

 

I can't trust what they sell either. Plus, with this I can distill the product multiple times, unlike theirs.

 

Are not isoquinoline alkaloids rather toxic in concentrated larger amounts? I was under the impression that they were, but I have not tried them other then bays leaves in cooking stew, soup, tea, sauces and whatnot. Whatevery you do, be careful.

 

who mentioned isoquinoline alkaloids?

if you have a solvent that you think is toxic, just place some on a clean surface and let it evaporate. If there is any residue... then don't use it. Of course, the solvent would still give off toxic gasses (let it dry outside), and could be combustible or something.

 

I mentioned them "I know that bay leaves have isoquinoline alkaloids. Would this also extract the alkaloids?"

Wouldn't leaving the alkaloids to dry in heat + light possibly decompose them?

 

possibly. every alkaloid is different.

 

I'm keeping it safe and in the shade.