MEDICINAL MARIJUANA CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS

Certain useful pharmaceutical compounds found in different parts of the plants are as follows. Female inflorescence: The chemical composition hemp inflorescence of female flowers contain about 15-20 per cent of resin 483 natural chemical components, which have been isolated and identified.

CANNABANOIDS
Are the most distinctive active constituent found only in the Cannabis plant and the most important one is:
(-)-D9-trans-tetrahydrocanabinol, commonly referred to as D9-THC.

The total 483 chemical constituents can further be grouped into the following distinct classes:
cannabinoids - 66;
nitrogenous compounds – 27;
amino acids - 18;
proteins, glycoproteins and enzymes - 11;
sugars and related compounds - 34;
hydrocarbons - 50;
simple alcohols - 7;
simple aldehydes - 12;
simple ketones - 13;
Simple acids - 21;
fatty acids - 22;
simple esters and lactones - 13;
steroids - 11;
terpenes -120;
non-cannabinoid phenols - 25;
flavonoids - 21;
vitamins - 1;
pigments - 2;
elements-9, .
SEED COMPOSITION per 100 g :
moisture - 13.6 g
protein - 27.1 g;
fat - 25.6 g;
carbohydrate total - 27.6 g;
fiber - 20.3 g;
ash - 6.1 g;
calcium - 120 mg;
phosphorus - 970 mg;
iron - 12.0 mg;
beta-carotene - 5 mg;
thiamine - 0.32 mg;
riboflavin - 0.17 mg;
niacin - 2.1 mg and
K calories 421.

UNREFINED HEMP OIL COMPOSITION
25 per cent to 35 per cent of oil and saturated fats 9-11 per cent of total volume of oil.

The oil pressed from the seed contains, a number of saturated and unsaturated essential fatty acids such as; oleic acid, linoleic acid (LA), linolenic and isolinolenic acids (LNA & ILNA), respectively.

Saturated fatty acids Individual saturated fatty acids percentage
Palmitic acid (16:0) 6-9 per cent Stearic acid (18:0) 2-3.5 per cent
Arachidic acid (20:0) <1-3 per cent
Behenic acid (22:0) 0.3 per cent
Total saturated fatty acid 9-11 per cent
Unsaturated fatty acids Individual unsaturated fatty acids percentage Oleic acid (18:1 w-9) 8.5-16 per cent
Linoleic acid (18:2 w-6) 53-60 per cent
g-Linolenic acid GLA (18:3 w-6) 1-4 per cent
a-Linolenic acid (18:3 w-3) 15-25 per cent
Stearidonic acid (18:4 w-3) 0.4-2 per cent
Eicosanoic acid (20:1) <0.5 per cent
Total unsaturated fatty acids 89-91 per cent

Chemical Analyses
Vitamin E 100-150 mg/100 g (mostly g-tocopherol)
13-20 IU/100g (as a-tocopherol equivalents)
Chlorophyll 50-20 ppm
THC content 2-20 ppm
Specific gravity 0.92 kg/1
Iodine value 155-170
Peroxide value 4-7 meq 02/kg
Free fatty acids 1.5-2.0% as Oleic acid
Phosphatides 100-400 ppm

ESSENTIAL OILS EXTRACTED
alpha-pinene,
myrcene,
trans-beta-ocimene,
alpha-terpinolene,
trans-caryophyllene and
alpha-humulene.