Terpenes testing presents difficulties across the industry, largely due to the nature of the compounds and the diversity of instrumentation and methods employed by testing laboratories. This issue highlights the need for better defined standardized methodologies and higher levels of collaboration throughout the testing community.

Access to high-quality analytical materials and resources can ensure testing laboratories operate at the highest levels of accuracy and precision -- supporting transparent, clean, and safe cannabis products.

The Teledyne ISCO ACCQPrep HP150 was designed to be intuitive and easy-to-use with the ease of a Flash system in mind.

High-performance water filtration systems, such as the arium® Series water purification system from Sartorius, provide long-term practical and economical advantages to cannabis testing laboratories and address the needs of this changing industry.

We take a moment to highlight critical aspects affecting current LC and LC-MS workflows and detail new technologies designed with analytical “problem solving” in mind.

As part of a series looking at safety and quality testing of cannabis products, this article focuses on analysis of hemp and methods for CBD/THC potency determination.

For 80 years BUCHI has been a leading solutions provider in laboratory technology for R&D, quality control and production worldwide. BUCHI offers a comprehensive workflow for cannabis processing from distillation, separation/remediation, to powder formulation.

Shimadzu is the leader in providing analytical instruments for the cannabis industry. From seed to sale, from accurate cannabis potency profiles to reliable, highly sensitive analysis of heavy metals, pesticides, mycotoxins/aflatoxins, residual solvents, and microorganisms, Shimadzu offers scalable solutions to meet your testing needs for today and tomorrow.

The PRP-C18 polymeric columns from Hamilton are a state-of-the-art solution for oligonucleotide purification, providing the performance, durability, and flexibility for the most demanding next generation applications.

We take a look at new liquid chromatography columns and consumables designed to enhance data quality while addressing the major pain points of versatility, reproducibility, longevity, and other important concerns.

We detail some of the fundamentals of liquid chromatography and examine emerging trends and new products -- with special focus on nanoflow and chip-based technologies.

Many factors are at play in the cannabis testing business, and quality instrument vendors are sensitive to the needs and limitations of start up labs. The most important (and expensive) aspects involve securing the equipment, hiring the chemists and staff, and configuring the infrastructure to house the operation.

This Application Note details a fast and simple analytical approach for quantitation of 9 Cannabinoids of interest using an Agilent 1260 Infinity.

Ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) arose from the desire to increase sensitivity, resolution, and efficiency over traditional HPLC.

The robustness of the HPLC principle and its applications that have led to significant advancements in technology, instrumentation, and manufacturers. We’ve taken a moment to summarize features popular HPLC systems on the market.