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Determination of 11 Cannabinoids in Biomass and Extracts of Different Varieties of Cannabis Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Source :
- Journal of AOAC International. 98(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- An HPLC single-laboratory validation was performed for the detection and quantification of the 11 major cannabinoids in most cannabis varieties, namely, cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), cannabigerol (CBG), cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), cannabinol (CBN), Δ9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), Δ8- trans-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ8-THC), cannabicyclol (CBL), cannabichromene (CBC), and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid-A (THCAA). The analysis was carried out on the biomass and extracts of these varieties. Methanol–chloroform (9:1, v/v) was used for extraction, 4-androstene-3,17-dione was used as the internal standard, and separation was achieved in 22.2 min on a C18 column using a two- step gradient elution. The method was validated for the 11 cannabinoids. The concentration-response relationship of the method indicated a linear relationship between the concentration and peak area with r2 values of >0.99 for all 11 cannabinoids. Method accuracy was determined through a spike study, and recovery ranged from 89.7 to 105.5% with an RSD of 0.19 to 6.32% for CBDA, CBD, THCV, CBN, Δ9-THC, CBL, CBC, and THCAA; recovery was 84.7, 84.2, and 67.7% for the minor constituents, CBGA, CBG, and Δ8-THC, respectively, with an RSD of 2.58 to 4.96%. The validated method is simple, sensitive, and reproducible and is therefore suitable for the detection and quantification of these cannabinoids in different types of cannabis plant materials.
- Subjects :
- Pharmacology
Chromatography
Cannabigerol
Cannabinoids
Plant Extracts
Extraction (chemistry)
Tetrahydrocannabivarin
High-performance liquid chromatography
Cannabicyclol
Analytical Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Cannabichromene
chemistry
medicine
Cannabinol
Environmental Chemistry
Biomass
Agronomy and Crop Science
Cannabidiol
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Food Science
medicine.drug
Cannabis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10603271
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of AOAC International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7d79341f56af09464bdd290531ad5d07