The Analytical Chemistry of Cannabis

Quality Assessment, Assurance, and Regulation of Medicinal Marijuana and Cannabinoid Preparations
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-804646-3
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 180 g

A volume in the Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry series, The Analytical Chemistry of Cannabis: Quality Assessment, Assurance, and Regulation of Medicinal Marijuana and Cannabinoid Preparations provides analytical chemistry methods that address the latest issues surrounding cannabis-based products. The plethora of marketed strains of cannabis and cannabinoid-containing products, combined with the lack of industry standards and labelling requirements, adds to the general perception of poor quality control and limited product oversight. The methods described in this leading-edge volume help to support the manufacturing, labelling, and distribution of safe and consistent products with known chemical content and demonstrated performance characteristics. It treats analytical chemistry within the context of the diverse issues surrounding medicinal and recreational cannabis in a manner designed to foster understanding and rational perspective in non-scientist stakeholders as well as scientists who are concerned with bringing a necessary degree of order to a field now characterized by confusion and contradiction.

Zielgruppe

Analytical chemists, pharmacologists, medical doctors, clinical trials specialists, public health officials, international food and drug monitoring agencies, forensics specialists, law enforcement; Advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in pharmacy, pharmacology, experimental therapeutics, analytical chemistry, and forensics

Autoren/Hrsg.

ElSohly, Mahmoud A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Botany of Cannabis sativa L.2. Biosynthesis and Pharmacology of Phytocannabinoids and Related Chemical Constituents3. Medical Cannabis Formulations4. Analytical Methods in Formulation Development and Manufacturing5. Quality Control and Stability Assessment6. The Roles of Research and Regulation7. The Future of Cannabinoid Therapeutics

Über Autor(innen)

ElSohly, Mahmoud A.
Mahmoud A. ElSohly is a Research Professor at the National Center for Natural Products Research and Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA. He is the Project Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse Marijuana Project at the University of Mississippi (1981 to present). He is President and Director of ElSohly Laboratories Incorporated, Oxford, MS, a small company providing precision analytical testing and manufacturing services for the drug testing industry since 1985. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacy (Pharmacognosy) from the University of Pittsburgh in 1975. Dr. ElSohly holds more than 30 patents dealing with the processing, testing, and detection of drugs of abuse along with other patents dealing with biologically active natural products. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed scholarly articles published in top-tier international journals. He is a member of 14 scholarly scientific societies and was recognized by The Scientist (April 17, 1995) and ScienceWatch (January 1995) as the second most cited author in forensic sciences in the world for the period 1981-1993.