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Re: atropine



HeK@hetta.pp.fi (Henriette Kress) wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:02:31 -0700, in alt.folklore.herbs solis
><solis@hevanet.com> wrote:

>>Does anyone know the proper herb/alcohol mixture for making atropine?  Thanks in 
>>advance.

>Get a good manual on pharmacognosy, read up on extracting atropine from Atropa
>belladonna (or possibly other plants), get the needed chemicals, go to a
>laboratory, and extract your atropine.

>I'm curious - now that you have it, what will you do with it?

>Henriette

>--
First off, you can't  MAKE atropine. What you can do is EXTRACT it
from particular plants that contain the alkaloid. Where do you live
(ie what country) ? Jimson weed which grows all over the USA contains
a moderate amount of atropine as well as scopolamine. Bella donna is a
European plant.  Another question what are you going to use the
atropine for? Remember these alkaloids are very poisonous and at very
low concentrations ie, micrograms to low miligrams amounts.
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Dr Tom Zennie
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7723 Quincy St
Zeeland, Michigan
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