Interest in the characterization of cannabis plants has increased since the legalization of adult use. This has led to the desire to identify cultivars and to also determine the possibility of using analytical data to identify growing conditions such as comparing plants of the same cultivar that are grown indoors versus plants grown outdoors. A powerful tool for this type of analysis is high resolution mass spectrometry because data collected from these instruments provide useful information for analysis using principle component analysis (PCA). To investigate the utility of characterizing cannabis samples using a QTOF mass spectrometer, different cultivars were analyzed and compared using PCA. In addition, a comparison of plants grown under highly controlled indoor conditions to those grown outdoors was made. The results of these studies will be presented and as well as a discussion about potential impacts of the results.

Determining characteristics of cannabis plants to distinguish cultivars and growing conditions using high resolution QTOF mass spectrometry

2019 Fall National Meeting

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