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Basic Info
Formula: C23H28O8
Molar Mass: 432.4597
Melting Point: 238 - 240 degrees Celsius
Boiling Point: Unknown thought to be around 400 degrees Celsius
Density: Unknown
The compound Salvinorin A is found in the leaves of the Salvia Divinorum plant
which grows in Oaxaca, Mexico by the Maztec Indians.
Salvinorin A is the most potent psychoactive compound known and is active at doses as low as 200 µg
There no natural abundance because because the plant does not grow naturally anymore; it is only found domesticated.
The plant which has the compound is grown from branches that are clipped from a larger plant and rooted.
The crystalline compound can be abstracted and purified but only by skilled chemists
and a synthesis of Salvinorin A was successful by RMIT University.
Some things are not known about it because the compound was only recently isolated.