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. 2024 Sep 13;8:1394. Originally published 2019 Aug 8. [Version 7] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.19931.7

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