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Determination of D9-THC, THCA, D8-THC, and total D9-THC in 53 Smokable Hemp Plant Products by Liquid Chromatography and Photodiode Array Detection

January 8, 2024
Author(s)
Walter Brent Wilson, Aaron Urbas, MARYAM ABDUL-RAHMAN, Arianna Romares, Ewelina Mistek-Morabito
… 2018 Farm Bill has led to an estimated value of $824M for hemp production in the United States (US) in 2021 with an approximately 76% of it focused on floral hemp that is used to produce hemp-derived finished products such as smokable hemp (e.g., … Hemp, Cannabis, Marijuana, Cannabinoids, …

Characterization of Reference Material 8210: Hemp Plant

June 20, 2024
Author(s)
Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Walter Brent Wilson, Charles Barber, Monique Johnson, Jenna Klingsick, Jerome Mulloor, Blaza Toman, Elena Wood, Laura Wood, Andrea Yarberry
… and Technology (NIST) Reference Material (RM) 8210 Hemp Plant delivers non certified values for cannabinoids and toxic elements in a dried ground hemp plant material to help cannabis and forensic … cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN), Cannabis sativa, hemp, lead, marijuana, mercury, Δ9 tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9 …

Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 3 Moisture Final Report

April 28, 2025
Author(s)
Andrea Yarberry, Charles Barber, Laura Wood, Walter Wilson
… laboratories in demonstrating and improving cannabis (hemp and marijuana) measurement comparability and competence. … CannaQAP focused on the determination of moisture in one hemp material provided by NIST. This report provides a … different drying methods indicates the need for consistent hemp drying method(s) for accurate and precise measurements. …

An In-depth Study Evaluating the Determination of CBD, D9-THC, D8-THC, and 25 Additional Cannabinoids in Cannabis Concentrates by Liquid Chromatography with Absorbance Detection

December 15, 2025
Author(s)
Walter Wilson, Arianna Romares, STEPHEN GOLDMAN
… 2025 [1], which can be attributed to the legalization of hemp in 2018 with the passage of the Agricultural Improvement … products such as Cannabis concentrates and edibles. Hemp was defined as any Cannabis sativa plant having a … of the 2018 Farm Bill, there was a significant increase in hemp grown in the US, resulting in the supply outweighing the …

Cannabis Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 1 Final Report

July 27, 2021
Author(s)
MARYAM ABDUL-RAHMAN, Melissa M. Phillips, Walter Brent Wilson
… of the analytical measurements in forensic and Cannabis (hemp and marijuana) testing laboratories. CannaQAP is an … total CBD, and up to 13 additional cannabinoids in two hemp oils. This report provides a detailed description of the … Cannabis, Hemp, Quality Assurance Program …

Chromatographic interferences potentially inflating the levels of D9-THC in Cannabis Sativa plant samples and possible solutions

March 12, 2025
Author(s)
Walter Wilson, Andrea Yarberry, Stephen Goldman
… new analytical methods for the differentiation of hemp and marijuana since the passage of the Agriculture … Improvement Act of 2018. This legislation defined hemp as a Cannabis sativa plant containing 0.3 % or less Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) and removed hemp from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency …

Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 2 Moisture Final Report

November 29, 2022
Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Carolyn Burdette, Shaun Kotoski, Melissa M. Phillips, Walter Brent Wilson, Laura Wood
… and cannabis-derived products in forensic and cannabis (hemp and marijuana) testing laboratories. CannaQAP is an … CannaQAP focused on the determination of moisture in one hemp material provided by NIST. This report provides a … different drying methods indicates the need for consistent hemp drying method(s) for accurate and precise measurements. …

Cannabis Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 2 Toxic Elements Final Report

December 15, 2022
Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Carolyn Burdette, Shaun Kotoski, Melissa M. Phillips, Walter Brent Wilson, Laura Wood
… and cannabis-derived products in forensic and cannabis (hemp and marijuana) testing laboratories. CannaQAP is an … 2 focused on the determination of toxic elements in two hemp materials and a control material provided by NIST. … cannabis, Cannabis Quality Assurance Program (CannaQAP), hemp, lead, mercury, toxic elements …
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