Methods for the production of different cannabis product compositions
View Patent ↗Methods for the production of different cannabis product compositions. Method for the production of at least two different cannabis product compositions from a solid cannabis plant material are described including providing a solid cannabis plant material containing at least one cannabinoid and at least one terpene at cannabinoid to terpene weight/weight ratio R100; first extracting from said solid cannabis plant material a first composition comprising at least 10% but less than 90% of said cannabinoid and at least 1% of said terpene at cannabinoid to terpene weight/weight ratio R101, wherein R101 differs from R100 by at least 10%; second extracting from said solid cannabis plant material a second composition comprising at least 10% of said cannabinoid and at least 1% of said terpene at cannabinoid to terpene weight/weight ratio R102, wherein R102 differs from R101 by at least 10%; and optionally refining said first composition, said second composition, or both.
1. A method for the production of two different cannabis flower extracts from an initial solid cannabis flower material, the method consisting essentially of:
providing an initial solid cannabis flower material whose cannabinoids consist essentially of a compound selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol and whose terpenes consist essentially of at least one terpene selected from the group consisting of pinene, limonene, linalool, caryophyllene, myrcene, humulene, borneol, eucalyptol, terpineol and mixtures thereof;
extracting said initial solid cannabis flower material wherein a first cannabis flower extract and a first residual solid cannabis flower composition are formed,
wherein said extracting consists essentially of extracting said initial solid cannabis flower material with ethanol, and
wherein said first cannabis flower extract cannabinoids consist essentially of tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in an amount that is at least 10% but less than 80% of the amount of said tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in said initial solid cannabis flower material, and wherein said first cannabis flower extract terpenes consist essentially of said at least one terpene selected from the group consisting of pinene, limonene, linalool, caryophyllene, myrcene, humulene, borneol, eucalyptol, terpineol and mixtures thereof in an amount that is at least 10% of the amount of said at least one terpene in said initial solid cannabis flower material;
separating said first residual solid cannabis flower composition from said first cannabis flower extract to yield a separated first cannabis flower extract; and
extracting said first residual solid cannabis flower composition with ethanol to yield a second cannabis flower extract composition,
wherein said extracting consists essentially of extracting said first residual solid cannabis flower composition with ethanol to yield the second cannabis flower extract composition, and
wherein said second cannabis flower extract cannabinoids consist essentially of said tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in an amount that is at least 10% of the amount of said tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in said initial solid cannabis flower material, and wherein said second cannabis flower extract terpenes consist essentially of said at least one terpene selected from the group consisting of pinene, limonene, linalool, caryophyllene, myrcene, humulene, borneol, eucalyptol, terpineol and mixtures thereof in an amount that is at least 1% of the amount of said at least one terpene selected from the group consisting of pinene, limonene, linalool, caryophyllene, myrcene, humulene, borneol, eucalyptol, terpineol and mixtures thereof in said initial solid cannabis flower material,
wherein a concentration of about 40% ethanol to about 60% ethanol is used for any of
a) said extracting of said initial solid cannabis flower material, and
b) said extracting of said first residual solid cannabis flower extract composition,
wherein extracting said initial solid cannabis flower material with ethanol at a concentration of from about 40% to about 60% provides a total cannabidiol to tetrahydrocannabinol ratio in said first cannabis flower extract composition which is greater than a total cannabidiol to tetrahydrocannabinol ratio in said initial solid cannabis flower material, and
wherein extracting said first residual solid cannabis flower composition with ethanol at a concentration of from about 40% to about 60% provides a total cannabidiol to tetrahydrocannabinol ratio in said second cannabis flower extract composition which is greater than a total cannabidiol to tetrahydrocannabinol ratio in said first residual solid cannabis flower composition.