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Offline darkestdawn

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oxidizing mitragynine?
« on: March 29, 2009, 09:57:51 AM »
There's a plant called Mitragyna speciosa.  Two of the constituents found in this plant are mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine.  I'm reading a research paper that states that 7-hydroxymitragynine is an oxidized derivative of mitragynine.  So what I'm wondering is how one would go about oxidizing mitragynine to result in 7-hydroxymitragynine? 


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Re: oxidizing mitragynine?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 11:31:09 AM »
For what purposes?  What kind of equipment (as well as what level of organic chemistry lab knowledge) do you have?

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Re: oxidizing mitragynine?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 01:07:09 PM »
Unless, you're actually asking how the plant metabolically oxidizes mitragynine to 7-hydroxymitragynine.  Because that answer is very likely different from a straight organic chemistry answer.
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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Re: oxidizing mitragynine?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009, 02:02:31 PM »
Mitragynine is an opioide!!! Drug synthesis is not allowed in this forum!!!


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