Amalgum, I was thinking the same exact thing last night.
"S. cordifolia (Puttalam) contained 1.18% alkaloids."So lets say that one gets extraordinarily lucky and happens to acquire the bala with 1.18% alkaloids. Swim found it available on the net at rougly $20 a pound. So were talking at the most, 4.48 grams per lb.
Thats a whole hell of alot of steam extracting using Dwarfer's modified pressure cooker. Swim will take his chances with eudragit and the gakkinator.
For those bees who live in India, who can scavenge wheelbarrows full, free of charge. Well that might beat collecting aluminum cans for a living.
Nice find though Dwarfinger.
Edit: Then again, if a bee lived in India he may as well buy a 55 gallon drum of pure E since it is more readily available.