this is a real interesting read
http://forums.mycotopia.net/botanicals/14769-low-light-morning-glory-wine.htmlWe know that alcohol is converted to acetaldehyde in the liver for a brief moment before the acetaldehyde is destroyed by aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme.
Coca tea when mixed in wine back a long time ago was done to make Vin Mariani ( coca-ethylene was being formed in the liver discovered in the mid 1990s by researchers) , which potentiated the coca leaf alkaloids making them more orally potent.
When cocaine is consumed in the absence of alcohol, it is broken down into two metabolites, one called benzoylecgonine and one called ecgonine methyl ester. In 1990, separate groups of researchers, one in Barcelona and one in Miami, discovered that the combination of alcohol and cocaine produces a very unusual compound called cocaethylene--the stimulant effects are enhanced and prolonged--but much more toxic. That may explain why Vin Mariani, and the other cocaine-containing wines were so popular back in the late 1870's. The only requirement for the wine was that it contain 10 to 15% alcohol. One ounce of Mariani's tonic contained 6mg of cocaine. Two glasses of wine would have contained less than 50 mg of cocaine, equivalent to one 'line' of snorted cocaine. Even using today's sophisticated measuring techniques, 50mg of oral cocaine is barely enough to cause measurable effects in humans.
Apparently, N-(1-hydroxyethyl) lysergamide is an adduct compound formed from lysergamide (LSA) and acetaldehyde. This hints towards the idea that it isn't the most stable of compounds, but would be pretty easily formed by the combination of lysergamide & acetaldehyde under physiological conditions (mixing of the two).
Just a bunch of mindless ramblings.
Let us know if you've had any more experiences with the morning glory wine...curious to see if you had any more that turned out like the one you mentioned above--sounds promising.
The experience by space doubt sounds very interesting.
Albert Hoffman makes the claim that claim that ergonovine and lysergic acid hydroxyethylamide posses hallucinogenic activity--and these two compounds are allready found in amounts in the seeds.
lysergic acid hydroxyethylamide and ergonovine and others are probably good bets for producing most of the effects. But these are not as water soluble as d-ergine and d-isoergine in the seeds. So traditional water extracts and those that start with petro ether most likely produce a brew high in d-ergine & d-isoergine and little else. However...
Tartaric acid in the wine--or even adding a dash of tartaric acid to a cold distilled water extract may result in water-soluble salts of ALL the alkaloids. This should produce a much more well 'rounded' beverage.
I do seem to recall that hermes used to add a squirt of lemon juice or two to the extracts several times. Hermes was also known to do a three hour cold distilled water extract with minimal nausea once--still got the actives but kept the non-polar components from dissolving by using the tea-bag method. Although most of the time he used 30 to 45 min extractions...but the longer soak time in the fridge sounds promising--while most of the noxious non-polar compounds will remain inside the tea-bag.
Look forward to trying this in a dream and comparing it with plain cold-distilled water extract...but the cold wine extract in the fridge sounds quite promising--or even perhaps the cold-distilled water extract with dash of tartaric acid.
Interesting extract space doubt.
From a wikipedia article written by morninggloryseed
