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The Hive => Novel Discourse => Topic started by: thermite on May 10, 2000, 04:52:00 AM

Title: Hoja Santa
Post by: thermite on May 10, 2000, 04:52:00 AM
Since the old board is down and cannot presently been searched...in Total synth II there was a brief mention of the plant hoja santa as a possible source for safrole.  Does anybody have any experience with it? The only experience I have is steaming fish in the leaves, although tasty not very informative.  I really was not sure where to post this so be kind if you can.  Any thoughtful comment is greatly appreciated.  BTW this stuff grows like crazy and spreads perniciously.

Title: Re: Hoja Santa
Post by: Antibody2 on May 11, 2000, 08:08:00 PM
What climate do these babies grow in? Are they a perenial or a annual?

I imagine they could be refluxed with ethanol or methanol even DCM for extraction then simply distill results keeping the fraction boiling at 232C.

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Title: Re: Hoja Santa
Post by: thermite on May 11, 2000, 08:32:00 PM

http://www.hepting.com/thebot/prices97.htm (http://www.hepting.com/thebot/prices97.htm)

 

This company sells it.  The latin name is piper auritum.  Do a search on the web.