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>>10935041
An update to the first question:

Tried what was described. Some smaller particles fell to the bottom but ultimately the solution remains yellow-clear. This looks exactly similar to that of a filtered ethanol extract of the seeds that WILL cause HORRIFIC cyanogenic glycoside poisoning. Considering the Acetone used is store bought and not anhydrous, I assumed there could be 5% or less H2O based on the SDS and from small amounts of liquid being left behind after evaporating large amounts of only that Acetone. I tried adding dry seed material to the small amount of Acetone used to pick up the evaporated initial Acetone pull to possibly absorb water, making the cyanogenic glycosides insoluble and precipitate to the bottom clearing up the upper Acetone layer. It hasn't worked thus far, but I will give it time and see if it changes (highly doubt it). Maybe if I put it in the fridge? This was not a problem for previous extracts that proved successful, but those were medium ground unlike this time when I finely ground them. I also can't recall if I decanted the pulls from the extracts that worked without stirring it or not. I assume I did, but because the cyanogenic glycosides were less ground and therefore larger I guess they remained at the bottom of the solution/were captured by the paper coffee filter. That must be why the successful extract was clear but this time it has a colored yellow-clear tint (bad sign). Pretty sure it could kill me with 80 seeds worth of cyanogenic glycosides if 10 was hell so FUCK THAT unless it clears up somehow.