HI, Yes the alkaloids will be there! boil it gentle or you might destroy alkaloids. So yer if you boil SAN PEDRO down you will get the goods. I was thinking it was safrol.
whats it on, how would you evapoate? its often nice to have something in free form before so you can better see the goods prior to making into salt. if its not pure and conditions are not overly harsh solvent can be evaporated...gooey mess, perhaps...better than pH way too low or high heat in which case you will get nothing usefull.