Optimizing volatile entourages in dry flowering plant mixtures
Novel plant products customized to provide a desired, consistent and stable Entourage of Interest (EOI) and processes for making and using the same are provided.
1. A fragrant and flavorful cannabis plant product comprising a mixture of (a) dried and chopped plant material from one or more cannabis plant types, wherein the plant types are not a hybrid of at least two of Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica , and Cannabis ruderalis , and (b) an Entourage of Interest (EOI) extract from one or more cannabis (marijuana) or hemp plant types, comprising THCa and one or more lipids, wherein the extract is treated to reduce the amount of THCa, and wherein the one or more lipids are stably maintained in the cannabis plant product, and at least 95%, at least 90%, at least 85%, at least 80%, at least 75%, at least 70%, at least 65%, at least 60%, at least 55%, or at least 50% of the amount of one or more monoterpenes in the plant product are stably maintained for at least 30 days when stored, (a) at a temperature of from about −90° F. to 48° F., or from about −5° F. to 35° F., (b) under vacuum, (c) in the presence of oxygen absorption materials, and/or (d) in modified atmosphere packaging.
2. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the EOI extract comprises lipids and fatty acids.
3. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the EOI extract comprises diterpenes.
4. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the EOI extract comprises monoterpenes.
5. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the EOI extract comprises sesquiterpenes.
6. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the EOI extract, the dried and chopped plant material substrate or the cannabis plant product is supplemented with one or more terpenes and/or cannabinoids.
7. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the EOI extract comprises a total cannabinoid content of from about 0.1% to 80% wherein the cannabinoids may include one or more of THCa, THCVa, Δ9-THC, Δ8-THC, THCV, CBDa, CBD, CBDVa, CBDV, CBN, CBGVa, CBGa, CBGV, CBG, CBCVa, CBCV, CBCa, and CBC.
8. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein at least 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, or more of the THCa in the (EOI) extract is removed resulting in a THCa-reduced EOI extract.
9. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the total cannabinoid content in the cannabis plant product is from about 0.1% to 45% cannabinoids wherein the cannabinoids include one or more of THCa, THCVa, Δ9-THC, Δ8-THC, THCV, CBDa, CBD, CBDVa, CBDV, CBN, CBGVa, CBGa, CBGV, CBG, CBCVa, CBCV, CBCa, and CBC.
10. The cannabis plant product of claim 9 , wherein the cannabis plant product includes CBDVa.
11. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the cannabis plant product comprises a total terpene content of from about 1.5% to 10%.
12. The cannabis plant product of claim 11 , wherein terpenes in the cannabis plant product include one or more of β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, limonene, linalool, α-humulene, β-pinene, α-pinene, α-bisabolol, α-terpinene, β-ocimene, camphene, caryophyllene oxide, cis-nerolidol, γ-3-carene, eucalyptol, γ-terpinene, geraniol, ocimene, (−)-guaiol, (−)-isopulegol, p-cymene, terpinolene, trans-nerolidol, gerol, geranyl acetate, α-terpineol, α-phellanderene, sabinene, thymol, cedrene, cedrol, fenchol, valencene, α-thujene, and cymene.
13. The cannabis plant product of claim 11 , wherein the total monoterpene content in the cannabis plant product is from 1% to 10%.
14. The cannabis plant product of claim 12 , wherein the plant product comprises a greater amount of Linalool than the amount of β-Myrcene.
15. The cannabis plant product of claim 6 , wherein the EOI extract, the dried and chopped plant material substrate, or the cannabis plant product is supplemented with one or more terpenes and/or cannabinoids.
16. The cannabis plant product of claim 13 , wherein the amount of one or more monoterpenes differs from the amount of the same monoterpene found in a single cannabis plant type.
17. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , wherein the plant product has a known and consistent formulation.
18. The cannabis plant product of claim 11 , wherein the cannabis plant product comprises a total THC (THCa+THC) to total CBD (CBDA+CBD) ratio from about 36:1, 32:1, 20:1, 18:1, 16:1, 12:1, 8:1, 4:1, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:8, 1:12, 1:16, 1:20, 1:32, and 1:36.
19. The cannabis plant product of claim 1 , packaged as a cigarette or a pre-roll with a filter at each end.
20. A fragrant and flavorful cannabis plant product having a desired and consistent entourage of interest (EOI), comprising the mixture of (a) dried and chopped plant material from one or more cannabis plant types, wherein the plant types are not a hybrid of at least two of Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica , and Cannabis ruderalis , and (b) an Entourage of Interest (EOI) extract comprising THCa, wherein the EOI extract is treated to reduce the amount of THCa, and wherein one or more cannabinoids, terpenes, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, phenols, anthocyanins, enzymes, microbiome, resinoids and fatty acids, are stably maintained in the cannabis plant product when the plant product is stored (a) at a temperature of from about −90° F. to 48° F., or from about −5° F. to 35° F., (b) under vacuum, (c) in the presence of oxygen absorption materials, and/or (d) in modified atmosphere packaging.
21. The cannabis plant product of claim 6 , wherein the cannabinoids include one or more of THCa, THCVa, Δ9-THC, Δ8-THC, THCV, CBDa, CBD, CBDVa, CBDV, CBN, CBGVa, CBGa, CBGV, CBG, CBCVa, CBCV, CBCa, and CBC.