Medical CannabisGasChromatograph ( GC )
Configuration choices February 2011
SRI can configure a gas chromatograph
( GC ) in hundreds of ways to perform
almost any analysis. Two chassis sizes
are available. The smaller 310C chassis
is very portablewhile the larger 8610C
chassis allows formore complex hard-
ware. All SRI GCs are portable and
easily shipped byUPS, FedEx and even
as airline baggage.
Medical Cannabis containsmany active
cannabinoid compounds, but three are
considered important, cannabidiol
( CBD ), THC, and cannabinol ( CBN ).
AGC is the perfect tool formeasuring
the amount of these three compounds in
plant material, resin , tinctures and edi-
bles. Other analytical techniques such
asHPLC andGC/MassSpec can also
be used, but aremuchmore expensive
to buy, and vastlymore complicated to
operate yet they do
NOT
provide supe-
rior data. For this analysis, GC is the
best solution. Unlike aHPLC, theGC
naturally de-carboxylates theTHCA ( the
original molecule produced by the plant )
intoDelta-9THC saving a processing
and reporting step. Total cost to perform
aGC analysis is less than one dollar,
requires only .1 gram of sample and
usually takes less than 5minutes.
Four common configurationshave
becomepopular formeasuringmedi-
cal cannabis.
1)
Gasless, ultra portable, simple
2) Industry standardFID
3) Automated, hi-volume
4) Pesticides and potency both
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310CGC 8610C
12”wide 19” wide
Comeswith a
heavy duty
shipping
case.
Weighs about
35 pounds
( 16 kilo-
grams )
