by Bio-Creations | May 17, 2024 | Technical
The Cannabis plant and its products consist of an enormous variety of chemicals. Some of the 483 compounds identified are unique to Cannabis, for example, the more than 60 cannabinoids, whereas the terpenes, with about 140 members forming the most abundant class, are...
by Bio-Creations | May 17, 2024 | Technical
Cannabinoids are important chemotaxonomic markers unique to Cannabis. Previous studies show that a plant’s dry-weight ratio of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to cannabidiol (CBD) can be assigned to one of three chemotypes and that alleles BD and BT encode...
by Bio-Creations | May 17, 2024 | Technical
Chemical extraction of cannabinoids can be done in a variety of manners with varying selectivity for the target compounds. Historically four solvent-methods have been employed: compressed liquid hydrocarbons such as butane; supercritical fluid extraction; uncompressed...
by Bio-Creations | May 17, 2024 | Technical
The composition of the steam-distilled volatile oil of fresh and air-dried, indoor-grown marijuana was studied by GC/FID and GC/MS. In all, 68 components were detected of which 57 were fully identified. Drying of the plant material had no effect on the qualitative...
by Bio-Creations | May 15, 2024 | Technical
Reviewing the work on the botany and chemistry of marijuana which has appeared in the twelve years since the publication of the first edition of this work is both gratifying and dismaying. It is gratifying in that the conclusions reached earlier are in need of no...
