..hi nexians,
have decided to "leak" my own data. i have a formal paper & talk on this subject which i hope to deliver around the end of the year.
this is a brief outline of the main points. the paper will contain the complete chemical data to satisfy replicable scientific experiment.
talk would focus more on the subjective effects & health/safety issues.
will have to launch an internal investigation into how such sensitive information made it out..
The following research was conducted 2000-2001.
Phyllodes and (thin strips of) bark of A. obtusifolia were collected from roadside populations (being careful to do as little permanent damage as possible to the trees.)
A total alkaloid content of 0.3% (fresh material) was obtained which GCMS determined consisted mainly of monomethyl-tryptamine (NMT) & dimethyltryptamine at a 2:1 ratio. A small amount of presumed Leptocladine (beta-carboline) was present but no reference sample was available.
NMT was separated from the other alkloids by column and paper chromatography using aqueous methanol(10%)/dichloromethane 1:9 (after considerable trial & effort).
In most attempts NMT would not crystalize easily and was usually seen as a white or yellow oil (darkening with exposure to air).
Crystalized samples were subjected to bio-assay by 3 experienced voluntary subjects, in control set and setting conditions.
Upon vapourization of the pure material, it was found that monomethyl-tryptamine has entheogenic effects, becoming noticeable after 3-5 minutes, attaining full strength for 30-45 seconds, and gradually disappearing over 45-70 minutes. No negative or lingering side effects were noted. It was roughly estimated at 1/3 the potency of DMT. It is possible that at very high doses some MAO inhibition may occur (as is the case with 5meoDMT).
The instigating test subject describes it's subjective effects as differing from DMT in being: "...not so much a visual or auditory entheogen, although there were some visuals, but rather a 'Spatial hallucinogen'...imagine you could 'feel' but not see an Escher world..."
This has important implications for research in neurophysiology, Spatial Memory (some of Nen's work), perceptual processing (and maybe even stringtheory...)
Conjecture was raised as to how this material may interact or even synergize with other tryptamines when combined.
...anyway, there u have it.
if i do talk at a conference i will probably call it "NMT from acacia .: a 'Spatial Entheogen?"
have put this in the domain to encourage research, and for those already doing research to come forward.
wider work needs to be done, with only a handful of people ever having tried NMT.
ps. NMT is found in high quantities in many plants incl. Acacia confusa, A. maidenii, several Mimosa & Desmanthus spp., but is usually only found in conjunction with other tryptamines. It is (as "endlessness" points out) also a minor byproduct of dmt synthesis. also ref. to as n-methyltryptamine.
[it should also be noted that tar, gum, wax, fatty acids can be found in unrefined alkaloid extracts of A. obtusifolia & some of these may have undesirable side-effects...there are 'cleaner' acacias for those interested in dimethyltryptamine]
{Edit:
for a summary of a more detailed later talk given on NMT see page 4
here}