kilacaLIbud
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bump.. to the master i love your thread ..but u gave out the secret lol
bump.. to the master i love your thread ..but u gave out the secret lol
The only thing that I am unsure about is the isopropyl ether. I have no idea where to get that (yet).
The elution of everything else does not change with decarboxylation treatment.
*Edit* I forgot to ask, do either of you know what process is used to extract the cannabinoids used in Sativex?
Thanks again you guys!
Would you mind explaining a bit more what you mean when you say that the first step of the extraction (extraction w/ pet ether) is not a great extraction?
, especially with extracts containing CBD, which gives colored product on oxidation.
oxidation of which components of the extract changes its color from light yellow to dark amber?
All hope is only for you, your findings repeatedly shocked me!I'd have to google a seller of reference CBN for its color.
The literature says that the acids are not quantitatively extracted with pure alkanes. Note the addition of acetic acid below. People here have so much weed that they prefer to lose grams of THC (as THCA) with butane extractions, rather than lose milligrams of oh so precious yet ubiquitous in nature monoterpenes (in a prior decarboxylation). Not to mention how totally uncool and inconvenient it is to get an oil instead of shatter.
G.O. Joe said:The use of sulfite (or bisulfite or metabisulfite) is wise, especially with extracts containing CBD, which gives colored product on oxidation.
G.O. Joe said:I'd have to google a seller of reference CBN for its color.
Hey DankTankUSA, thanks for the links.According to the analysis done on a reference sample by Tocris Bioscience CBN is an off white solid. I do not know if it changes color with oxidization.
http://www.tocris.com/literature/3130_1_coa.pdf?1338060462
Hey Joe, I am still a little confused. Are you saying that acidifying the hexane would improve the yield vs hexane without acidification?
Isn't it possible to decarboxylate without significant loss in terpenes?
Oh yeah, I did find the process used in the Sativex patent.
It is written that THC and CBD degrade to CBN.