Although cannabis is a complex plant with more than 400 chemical entities, the weed industry has — for the most part — remained fixated on two particular cannabinoids: THC and cannabidiol (CBD). But other cannabinoids are starting to emerge into the spotlight. One of these so-called minor cannabinoids is cannabigerol (CBG), which is gaining attention for its…
Like CBD, CBN is what’s known as a cannabinoid, which is a chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. By a recent count, cannabis has more than 100 different. CBD (cannabidiol) and TCH (tetrahydrocannabinol) are the best known and most well studied of the cannabinoids. But CBN was actually the first cannabinoid to be identified…
Cannamimetics simply means following Mother Nature’s lead. It is well known and extensively researched that during a hemp plant’s growth, various enzymatic, oxidation, photochemical and other bioprocesses produce cannabinoids and other bioactive compounds, transforming them during the course of the plant’s growth cycle. At harvest there are well over 500 phytochemicals present in the hemp…
With the rapid growth of the CBD industry and constant advances in its technology, there are a lot of terms floating around that are unfamiliar, if not confusing, to many people. “Tru Nano” is one of them. While the science and biological make-up of CBD is the subject of much research and scholarly articles, it…
Read the label of any CBD product and you’ll probably see that the active ingredient comes from one of two plants—hemp or marijuana. The difference between the two is simple. The federal government defines hemp as a cannabis plant with less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by weight. (THC is the compound in cannabis…
Cannabis and CBD are not two entirely different things, in fact, CBD can always be found in any strain of cannabis. CBD is one of the five main chemical compounds found in cannabis but can be extracted entirely to be used on its own. The difference between cannabis and hemp is getting another chemical compound,…