Abstract

ADVANCEMENT IN CANNABIS EXTACTION USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES

Talha Dilber, Arham Wakeel, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Zaheer*, Quratulain Syed, Syed Hussain Imam Abidi

Abstract

Overview One of the first oleaginous plants to be cultivated by humans for its non-edible fiber content and potential medical uses is hemp, often known as Cannabis sativa L. (Peters & Nahas, 1999) Carolus Linnaeus, the inventor of modern taxonomy, was the first person to identify the plant as Cannabis sativa. In recognition of his accomplishments, the letter "L" stands for Linnaeus. Linnaeus was the creator of the contemporary classification system (Moroni, Salomón, & O’Leary, 2018). It is commonly recognized that this plant is the primary source of several cannabinoids, such as cannabibigerol (CBG), cannabichromene (CBC), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and cannabinol (CBN). Strong potential against inflammation, depression, nausea, epilepsy, and other effects of therapeutic importance has been demonstrated by cannabinoids (Appendino et al., 2008; Atalay, Jarocka-Karpowicz, & Skrzydlewska, 2019; Mechoulam & Parker, 2013). Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes in China for about 5,000 years (Touw, 1981). As far as the authors are aware, the first scholarly study on the extraction of hemp's bioactive components was carried out by (Yamauchi, Shoyama, Matsuo, & Nishioka, 1968).

Keywords: Hemp, Extraction, Cannabis, SCFE.