A wide variety of cannabis derived products ore now available for purchase, although the legality of these products varies from country to country. Within Europe, products containing more than 0.2% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are banned, however cannabidiol (CBD) containing products are legal. This note compares the FTIR spectra obtained from two such legal products.
Two commercially available Connobidiol (CBD) food supplements were obtained. One was specified os 5% CBD, whilst the other contained 2.75% CBD. The ingredients list for both products contained Hemp seed oil and Hemp paste, whilst the lower strength product also contained sunflower lecithin. The two samples were placed in a 25 µm wedged CoF2 oyster cell and spectra of the samples recorded on o commercially available spectrometer.
