Cannabinoid occurrence in seedlings of Cannabis sativa L.: Quantitation in seedlings of known age and primary leaf length.
Publication 20
Bot. Gaz. 148(3):468-474. 1987. The University Of Chicago.
Ann F. Vogelmann,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109
Jocelyn C. Turner & Paul G. Mahlberg.
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
Keywords: Cannabis sativa, Cannabaceae, cannabinoids, seedling, leaf length
Abstract
Seedlings of a ,D9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) dominant strain of Cannabis sativa were employed to develop a biological system to investigate cannabinoid biosynthesis. High-performance liquid chromatography was used to detect and quantify the cannabinoids. Cannabinoids were first detected in seedlings of light/dark-grown plants at 48-50 h. The first cannabinoid detected was cannabichromene (CBC) at 52-54 h. At 60-62 h both cannabigerol (CBG) and THC were detected along with CBC. A similar sequence appeared in dark-grown seedlings, but CBC became evident only at 56-58 h, and THC and CBG were first detected at 66-68 h. This pattern is significant because previously proposed pathways of cannabinoid synthesis have indicated that CBG is a precursor to CBC, yet CBG is not the first cannabinoid to be detected but occurs later with the appearance of THC. Cannabinoid concentrations were always higher in light-grown than in dark-grown plants of comparable age. Cannabinoid quantities on a dry-weight basis increased with increasing leaf length and/or increasing age.
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