There is much controversy with this plant due to a crop of fake Kratom from France that was distributed worldwide in the past. Our Kratom has been verified as authentic by our own in house testing labs as well as 2 independent sources, including Daniel Siebert. Be wary of a new crop of inferior Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) that sometimes appears for next to nothing at other venders; it's much lower quality than the verified mitragynine alkaloid content of what we offer in our Premium Dried Kratom Leaf.
Kratom is legal everywhere except Thailand, and is known to ease the mind and energize the body in smaller amounts, while creating a vivid meditative repose that lasts 4-6 hours in larger amounts. Typically, 14 grams of Mitragyna speciosa was extracted into water, and drank in one gulp as a tea, or made into a resinous ball, then swallowed. This this product is not FDA-approved, so we offer it for external use only as an exotic incense. Not for human consumption.
This now infamously famous tree is known the world over. Its botanical name is Mitragyna speciosa and is in the same family as the coffee tree Rubiaceae. As a result, there are countless people trying to "cash in" on its popularity, just as so many do with other exotic botanicals that are available in so many different grades of quality. So, quality can vary greatly around the internet. This is one of the many reasons why we are so strict with our quality control standards of all the Kratom we purchase or grow ourselves on our Private Reserve farms. Since we offer our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, we have to have consistency in alkaloid and Mitragyine content, as well as overall quality, time and time again.
Since we adore Kratom at the shop so much, if it’s not good enough for us, it’s not good enough for our customers. For this reason, any Kratom that is harvested and is not up to our strict standards will instead be used to make into Standardized Kratom Extracts, where the original Mitragynine content of the dried leaf is irrelevant; since the active alkaloids are extracted into an exact concentration. Sometimes it takes 100 kilos of leaf to make some 15x extract, and sometimes it takes up to 150 kilos of leaf to make the same strength extract, but quality is always the bottom line for us, so we always use whatever amount of Kratom leaf is needed to ensure consistency and quality for our customers.
Kratom leaves have long been used for medicinal purposes in other parts of the world, and in Bangkok, tuk-tuk drivers consume Kratom as a safe stimulant to help them get through long days of work in the blazing sun. In Malaysia an other parts of the world Kratom is even used to help heal Opium addiction; something that the United States will probably never see because the moment pharmaceuticals or governments hear that a naturally-occurring product might be able to help with drug addictions, moves are typically made to made that natural, non-patentable product illegal.
Speaking of alkaloids, over 25 alkaloids have been isolated from Kratom. The most abundant alkaloids consist of three indoles and two oxindoles. The three indoles are mitragynine, paynanthine, and speciogynine - the first two of which appear to be unique to this species. The two oxindoles are mitraphylline and speciofoline. Other alkaloids present include other indoles, and oxindoles such as ajmalicine, corynanthedine, mitraversine, rhychophylline, and stipulatine.
Mitragynine is the dominant alkaloid in the plant. It is structurally related to both the yohimbe alkaloids and voacangine. The alkaloid content of the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa is about 0.5%, about half of which is mitragynine. An average leaf weighs about 1.7 grams fresh or 0.43 grams dried. Twenty leaves contain approximately 17mg of mitragynine. All leaves appear to contain mitragynine, speciogynine, paynanthine, and small quantities of speciociliatine. Oxindole alkaloids usually occur only in small or trace ammounts.
Kratom has quickly become our Top Selling item here at the shop, and we hope that responsible use of this beautiful plant will help keep it legal indefinitely. If you want to find out more, you can look to one of the best resources for Kratom that we have found on the web; The Kratom Shop, and we are also honored to have them as an affiliate of this shop.
