October 17, 2023
It is impossible to obtain potency accuracy in cannabis analysis. Here, we suggest some solutions to the problem.
June 20, 2023
In this Q&A, Lake Superior State University’s Ben Southwell and Agilent Technologies’ Jean-Francois Roy suggest that laboratories should network and share best practices to optimize analytical procedures and overcome the lack of standardization in the cannabis market.
June 24, 2022
Recently, Leafreport, an Israeli company that provides reviews and comparisons of cannabidiol (CBD) companies and products, released their 2022 report on their transparency analysis for 4384 CBD products.
May 15, 2020
Why are those extra decimal places possibly meaningless? How can you use significant figures to discern the true meaning of your cannabis analysis measurements?
April 09, 2020
We once again go beyond cannabi¬noids and look at the importance and chemistry of flavonoids in cannabis.
December 16, 2019
The world of fungi, mold, and mycotoxins is explored and discussed.
June 12, 2019
There are thousands of other potential analytical targets in cannabis that are relatively unexplored. Here, the author examines terpenes.
April 05, 2019
Here we review the current and pertinent literature in utilizing cannabis derivatives in animals and discuss the future forecast of cannabis in veterinary medicine.
April 04, 2019
Laboratories are challenged with highly regulated and difficult sample schematics, sample preparation, extraction, and testing procedures that try to ensure accuracy and precision of testing. Accuracy in analytical testing starts at the very beginning with sampling and sample preparation prior to testing.
February 12, 2019
Cannabis distillate samples spiked with known amounts of pesticides were submitted to five cannabis testing laboratories-here are the results.