ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,830, issued on Nov. 11.
"Method of converting mitragynine to 7-hydroxymitragynine" was invented by Haywood Max Mitchell (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Cecil Page (Ojai, Calif.) and Joseph William Merino (Oxnard, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of converting mitragynine to 7-hydroxymitragynine includes dissolving a predetermined volume of mitragynine extract in a solvent to form a first mitragynine solution. The method includes adding a second solution including sodium bicarbonate and water and a third solution including oxone monopersulfate and water to the first vessel including the first mitragynine solution. The first mit...