BT 243 - Production of Cannabis Products Lab

Credit Hours: 1

This course introduces students to the general techniques that are used to extract and purify cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa. Students will perform botanical extractions from plants, use methods to analyze extraction products and utilize techniques to purify the respective products. This course will examine the methodology used to create cannabis food and medicinal products.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

cultivate and clone plants;
use molecular techniques for genetic and protein analysis of plants;
perform solvent and solventless botanical extractions;
use laboratory techniques to purify botanical extractions from cellular breakdown products and other impurities;
use chromatography to analyze the purity of botanical extracts; and
use Infusion techniques to generate products with botanical extracts.

Corequisites: BT 242
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