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Brochure: Cannabis and Hemp Testing — Your Partner for Analytical Excellence
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Representative MRM chromatograms for aflatoxins G2, G1, B2, B1, and ochratoxin A spiked at a level of 0.02 µg/g in cannabis matrix.
Representative MRM chromatograms showing the primary quantification and the secondary qualifier transition for fenoxycarb (C, 25 ppb), and tetrachlorvinphos (D, 25 ppb) spiked into cannabis and extracted using the sample preparation protocol reported.
Comparison of terpenes identified and quantified in hemp and cannabis. Y-axis is weight %. As shown, the cannabis cultivar had >3x the amount of terpenes than the hemp sample and a different range of analytes as well. The total weight percent (wt%) of the measured terpenes in the hemp sample was 0.0122% while the total in cannabis was 0.0384%.
Percent recovery of pesticides from cannabis matrix (n = 4). Compounds are presented in order of retention time (from 2.9 min for acephate to 12.8 min for acequinocyl). Error bars indicate the standard deviation observed for each compound. The combined recovery of spinosad A and D are close to 85%.
