Gummies, Softgels or Tinctures? Cannabinoids, the Human Liver, PK and PD Curves. By Andrea Holmes, Ph.D., Chief Growth Officer, Precision Plant Molecules Image credit: Edited from Shutterstock by Andrea Holmes Blood and Guts Metabolism is a broad term encompassing a wide range of biochemical processes in your body. Your metabolism can be considered a gatekeeper
Health, wellness, and pharmacological benefits put cannabis on the map, but the industry suffers from a lack of transparency, limited human clinical studies, and regulatory confusion and contradictions. And although analytical technology has broadened scientists’ ability to identify and quantify different types of cannabinoids, Dr. Andrea Holmes—professor of chemistry at Doane University in Crete,
The buzz around the hemp-derived plant compound cannabidiol (CBD) and its therapeutic applications has captured more attention and interest than most other novel wellness products. A stampede is underway as mainstream retailers embrace hemp-derived CBD products. And cannabinoid science continues to advance at space velocity, further influencing and driving consumer trends. This presents a
Mother Nature's Genius: Understanding Phytosynthesis Reveals Access to Naturally Occurring but Rare Minor Cannabinoids with Therapeutic Properties Because botanical medicine is inconsistent by Nature, Cannamimetics™ allows a smoothing and enhancement of the variability in extracts and concentrates made from plants, harvest to harvest, to ensure consumers are afforded the ideal amount and combination of
Don’t Let Your CBD Processor Torch the Terps! Have you ever wondered what makes fruits, flowers, and spices smell so pleasant? And what about a strain of hemp which has all the complexity of the bouquet of fine wine? Terps! or more formally known as terpenes and terpenoids are responsible for the aromatics. But
Plant Medicine and CBD Doesn’t Quite Fit Their Standard Operating Procedure The randomized, double-blind controlled studies that became standard in the 1950s for drug clinical trials are not well suited for multi-compound natural products because having more than one bioactive phytocompound exponentially increases the variables that need to be controlled. In fact, the FDA
Hemp Family Tree and Cannamimetics Cannamimetics simply means following Mother Nature’s lead. It is well known and extensively researched that during a hemp plant’s growth, various enzymatic, oxidation, photochemical and other bioprocesses produce cannabinoids and other bioactive compounds, transforming them during the course of the plant’s growth cycle. At harvest there are well over
Greetings from Precision Plant Molecules (PPM) We are introducing PPM, a science-based, non-psychotropic cannabinoids processor and supplier, serving the most exacting consumer products companies worldwide as a trusted supply chain partner. PPM’s proprietary hemp extraction, refinement, purification technologies, and its state-of-the-art analytical testing and R&D lab instrumentation ensure its products are consistent. We are
Top 10 Reasons Why The Red and Blue are Pro-CBD (and CBG, CBN, CBC) #10 The opioid crisis needs new pathways to decrease its tragic human consequences. CBD appears to be one such approach. #9 Pain hurts. Less pain is better. No one wants to be chronically inflamed. Is anyone in disagreement on these
Dirty CBD: Dirty, Dangerous and Dozens of Them Pesticides, Heavy Metals, Residual Solvents, Mycotoxins, Yeasts, Molds, E.Coli and Salmonella Great care and expertise (and of course accurate testing) from the field to the final CBD formulation must be taken by farmer and processor alike to ensure a safe and efficacious CBD consumer experience. Whether
