Direct NMR analysis of cannabis water extracts and tinctures and semi-quantitative data on Δ9-THC and Δ9-THC-acid

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 562-570

  Politi, M ^a   Peschel, W ^a   Wilson, N ^a   Zloh, M ^a   Prieto, J M ^a   Heinrich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cannabis water extract; NF B; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Principal component analysis; Solvent signal suppression; Tinctures

Indexed keywords

ACID; CANNABIS; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDS; CANNABIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; WATER;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 37549002467     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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