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woodsyseal
10 Aug 2026
V. africana rootbark. voacangine from VTA.
it's been awhile now since i've been looking into voacangine to ibogaine conversion.
pure voacangine from commercial biochem suppliers seems rare. most say they are about to add it to their products list, others say they don't have it in stock.
so im stuck with perhaps isolating it myself.
the rootbark has the highest alk content. one proceeds with the total alkaloid extraction as one would with iboga rootbark. the resulting VTA is a mixture of all the alks, and we're only interested in voacangine. which is the trickiest part, esp when most of the compounds are structurally similar.
im digging info, but this particular step seems to be mostly omitted.
here's one mention:
The most promising alternative source of ibogaine was its semisynthesis from voacangine, obtained from the bark of the Voacanga africana tree. A patent (10) by Janot and Goutarel claims that while T. iboga root bark contains only 0.3% ibogaine, the more abundant and accessible trunk bark of V. africana contains 0.5% voacangine, which can be easily converted into ibogaine. Extraction of V. africana trunk bark using vinegar (see the experimental section) was highly successful in isolating crude alkaloids. However, extensive attempts to isolate or even identify voacangine in this mixture, or to convert the mixture into ibogaine according to the patent, were completely unsuccessful. A later publication (13) found only 0.14% voacangine in the bark, and suggests that the concentration of voacangine varies.
perhaps there aren't that much chemists around that could be of help, but thought it might be a valuable information nonetheless.
i'll update the thread on my possible success, but any additional ideas or info would be appreciated.
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