Table 1. Cannabidiol (CBD) stability experiments under various storage conditions.
Experiment | Temperature
(°C) |
Light
exposure |
Storage
time |
Storage medium | CBD concentration
in medium (μg/L) |
Δ
9-THC
formation 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative control | -18 | None | 14 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% |
Light | 20 | None | 3 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% |
20 | None | 14 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
20 | Daylight | 3 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
20 | Daylight | 14 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
20 | UVA | 1 h | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
20 | UVA | 3 h | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
Temperature | 20 | None | 5 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% |
20 | None | 14 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
8 | None | 5 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
8 | None | 14 days | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
37 | None | 3 h | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
60 | None | 1 h | Methanol | 1000 | 0% | |
Simulated gastric
juice |
37 | None | 1 h | Simulated gastric juice | 200 | 0% |
37 | None | 2 h | Simulated gastric juice | 200 | 0% | |
37 | None | 3 h | Simulated gastric juice | 200 | 0% | |
37 | None | 1 h | Simulated gastric juice | 400 | 0% | |
37 | None | 2 h | Simulated gastric juice | 400 | 0% | |
37 | None | 3 h | Simulated gastric juice | 400 | 0% | |
Positive control | 20 | None | 14 days | Methanol / 1 mol/L
HCl (50:50) |
500 | 27% |
1 Average of LC-MS/MS and UPLC-QTOF measurements (n=2) (for raw results see dataset 31 , table sheet 1). Δ 9-THC formation calculated as % in relation to original CBD content.
Abbreviations: CBD: cannabidiol; Δ 9-THC: Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol; UVA: ultraviolet A; LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry; UPLC-QTOF: ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry