And this line is the most important piece of evidence so far
Several allylbenzenes have been proven to form up to 3 alkaloid metabolites after ingestion by several animals. The alkaloids detected in animal urine are tertiary aminopropiophenones of 3 possible subtypes: dimethylamines, piperidines, and pyrrolidines.The Godfather of Ecstasy, Sasha Shulgin, pointed out that many common Herbs in the spice cabinet can be turned into Phenethylamines. For example, Fake Vanilla can even be turned into a Phenethylamine, and Sesame Oil, and Dill Seed Oil, and all those can all be turned into Phenethylamines by adding an Ammonia molecule, which adds an Amine. And in your liver, your have plenty of Ammonia. So he thought that they would turn into Phenethylamines. But he was wrong, and they actually turn into those 3 subtypes. Dimethylamines, Peperidines, and Pyrrolidines. So they do turn into something in your liver, its just that the scientists of the past speculated wrong.
So what I am going to do is make a few brews with the concepts behind the Enzymes, and see what works. Then I will post the results so that other people can try it if they want.
And all it is is adding different herbs to brews. It's not any different than flavoring a ferment, it is just that you carefully select your flavors and smells for their chemical make-up.
Shulgin:
As the old folk-wisdom says, "Nature is trying to tell us something."
One of the banes of the archivist is having to choose one pattern of organization over another. The book store owned by a language scholar will have the German poets and playwrights and novelists here, and the French ones over there. Next door, the book store is run by a letters scholar, and the poetry of the world is here, and the plays of the world are there, regardless of the language of origin. The same obtains with spices, and essential oils, and phenethylamines. The spice cabinet is a rich source of chemical treasures, each source plant containing a host of com-pounds, some of which are true essential oils. And the next spice from the next plant has some of the same components and some new ones. Does one organize by plant (spice or herb) or by essential oil (phenethylamine)?