Development of a new extraction technique and HPLC method for the analysis of non-psychoactive cannabinoids in fibre-type Cannabis sativa L. (hemp)

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 143, Issue , 2017, Pages 228-236

  Brighenti, Virginia ^a   Pellati, Federica ^a   Steinbach, Marleen ^b   Maran, Davide ^a   Benvenuti, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Cannabis sativa L.; Extraction; Hemp; HPLC; MS

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABIDIOLIC ACID; CANNABIGEROL; CANNABIGEROLIC ACID; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID; MEDICAL CANNABIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETENTION TIME;

CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 85020480616     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.05.049     Document Type: Article

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