Quantitative Analysis of Cannabidiol and Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Contents in Different Tissues of Four Cannabis Cultivars using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Young Mo Koo, S. M. Ahsan, Da Bin Kwon, Hyuk Jung, Jeong Doo Choi, Myung Soo Lee, Kiu-Hyung Cho, Byung-Chun In, Hyong Woo Choi
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Abstract
In this study, we analyzed cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contents in different tissues of four cannabis cultivars, Cheongsam, Cherry Blossom, Hot Blonde, and Queen Dream, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Standard calibration curves for CBD and THC were generated by analyzing standard CBD and THC solutions via GC-MS, respectively. GC-MS analyses of different tissues of the Cheongsam cultivar revealed different levels of CBD and THC depending on the tissues tested. Female flowers accumulated the highest CBD and THC levels at 0.052±0.02 and 0.02±0.005%, respectively, in the Cheongsam cultivar. Similarly, female flowers of the Cherry Blossom, Hot Blonde, and Queen Dream cultivars accumulated the highest amounts of CBD (2.45% to 3.54%) and THC (0.15% to 0.18%) compared to other tissues, such as the leaves and stems. These results suggest that female flowers of cannabis plants show higher potency levels for CBD and THC production compared to other tissues.
期刊介绍:
Horticultural Science and Technology (abbr. Hortic. Sci. Technol., herein ‘HST’; ISSN, 1226-8763), one of the two official journals of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science (KSHS), was launched in 1998 to provides scientific and professional publication on technology and sciences of horticultural area. As an international journal, HST is published in English and Korean, bimonthly on the last day of even number months, and indexed in ‘SCIE’, ‘SCOPUS’ and ‘CABI’. The HST is devoted for the publication of technical and academic papers and review articles on such arears as cultivation physiology, protected horticulture, postharvest technology, genetics and breeding, tissue culture and biotechnology, and other related to vegetables, fruit, ornamental, and herbal plants.