METHOD FOR QUALITATIVE AND/OR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN A HEMP PLANT AND KIT FOR USE THEREIN
The present invention relates to a kit comprising: a) an ampoule; b) a material comprising a hemp plant or parts thereof; and c) a color indicator capable of reacting by contacting the hemp plant and/or at least a part thereof to change the color of the color indicator, wherein the material and the color indicator are disposed in the ampoule; and a method for qualitatively and/or quantitatively detecting one or more substance(s) contained in the hemp plant using the kit.
1 . A kit, comprising:
a) an ampoule;
(b) a material comprising a hemp plant or parts thereof; and
(c) a color indicator capable of reacting by contacting the hemp plant and/or at least a part thereof to change the color of the color indicator;
wherein the material and the color indicator are arranged in the ampoule.
2 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises a cannabis flower, marijuana, hashish, hashish oil, at least one cannabinoid, or a mixture thereof.
3 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the color indicator comprises a color-forming substance preferably selected from the group consisting of true black, true blue salt, dibromoquinone chlorimide, dichloroquinone chlorimide, vanillin, salicylaldehyde, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, diethylaminobenzaldehyde, ferric chloride, aminophenol, potassium ferricyanide, and a mixture of two or more thereof.
4 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the color indicator comprises at least one solvent preferably selected from the group consisting of water and monohydric or polyhydric alcohols.
5 . The kit according to claim 3 , wherein the color indicator further comprises a reagent that assists in reacting the material with the color-forming substance, wherein the reagent is preferably a basic compound, more preferably selected from the group consisting of alkali hydroxide, alkali carbonate, ammonium or alkali salts of an organic acid, and a mixture of two or more thereof.
6 . The kit according to claim 3 , wherein the color indicator further comprises a carrier material, preferably an absorbent neutral carrier material.
7 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the ampoule is a divisible ampoule consisting of two or more parts that can be joined together to form the ampoule, wherein the color indicator is disposed on at least a portion of an inner wall of one of the parts that can be joined together to form the ampoule.
8 . The kit according to claim 7 , wherein the part on the inner wall of which the color indicator is at least partially arranged is a spacer disc which can be connected by screwing to one or more further parts of the divisible ampoule.
9 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the ampoule is transparent.
10 . The kit according to claim 9 , wherein the ampoule is at least partially made of borosilicate glass.
11 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the ampoule is evacuated.
12 . A method for qualitative and/or quantitative detection of one or more substance(s) contained in the hemp plant, comprising:
(a) Providing a kit according to claim 1 ;
(b) Bringing the material or parts thereof into contact with the color indicator; and
c) Detecting a change in the color of the color indicator.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein contacting the material or portions thereof with the color indicator comprises heating the material or portions thereof in the vial.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the heating comprises inductive heating.
15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the detecting is performed using a color comparison scale, an optical sensor, a chemical sensor, or two or more thereof.
16 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising a step, after detection, comprising matching information obtained by the detection with data stored in a database.