Listing description
Cannabis flower essential oil, also known
as hemp essential oil, is an essential oil obtained
by steam distillation from the flowers and upper leaves of
the hemp plant
(Cannabis sativa L.) Hemp essential oil is distinct from hemp seed oil, hemp oil and hash oil: the former is
a vegetable oil that is pressed from the seeds of low-THC varieties of hemp, the latter is a THC-rich extract of dried
female hemp flowers (marijuana) or resin (hashish).
Detailed description
A pale yellow liquid, cannabis flower essential oil
is a volatile oil that is a mixture of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and other terpenoidcompounds. The typical scent of hemp results
from about 140 different terpenoids. The essential oil is manufactured from
both low-THC ("fibre-type") and high-THC ("drug-type")
varieties of hemp. As most of the phytocannabinoids are nearly insoluble in
water, hemp essential oil contains only traces of cannabinoids. Even in "drug-type" hemp,
the THC content of the essential oil does not exceed
0.08%.
Hemp essential oil is used as a scent in perfumes,
cosmetics, soaps, and candles. It is also used as a flavoring in foods,
primarily candy and beverages.
Constituents
Sixty-eight components were detected by GC and
GC/mass spectrometry (MS) in fresh bud oil distilled from high-potency,
indoor-grown hemp. The 57 identified constituents were 92% monoterpenes, 7%
sesquiterpenes, and approx. 1% other compounds (ketones, esters). The dominating monoterpenes were myrcene (67%) and limonene (16%).[1]
In the essential oil from outdoor-grown hemp, the
monoterpene concentration varied between 47.9 and 92.1% of the total terpenoid
content. The sesquiterpenes ranged from 5.2 to 48.6%. The most abundant
monoterpene was β-myrcene,
followed by trans-caryophyllene,
α-pinene, trans-ocimene, and α-terpinolene.[1]
In the essential oil of five different European hemp
cultivars, the dominating terpenes were myrcene (21.1–35.0 %), α-pinene (7.2–14.6 %), α-terpinolene (7.0–16.6 %), trans-caryophyllene (12.2.–18.9 %), and α-humulene (6.1–8.7 %). The main differences
between the cultivars were found in the contents of α-terpinolene and α-pinene.[1]
Other terpenoids present only in traces are sabinene, α-terpinene, 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol), pulegone, γ-terpinene, terpineol-4-ol, bornyl
acetate, α-copaene, alloaromadendrene, viridiflorene,
β-bisabolene, γ-cadinene, trans-β-farnesene, trans-nerolidol, and β-bisabolol.[1]
The major alkane present in an essential oil obtained by
extraction and steam distillation was the n-C₂₉ alkane nonacosane (55.8 and 10.7%, respectively).
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$44.59/KG
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