{"id":1084,"date":"2023-11-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exka.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:42:51","slug":"cold-ethanol-extraction-of-cannabinoids-and-terpenes-from-cannabis-using-response-surface-methodology-optimization-and-comparative-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/cold-ethanol-extraction-of-cannabinoids-and-terpenes-from-cannabis-using-response-surface-methodology-optimization-and-comparative-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold ethanol extraction of cannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis using response surface methodology: optimization and comparative study"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"exka-banner\" id=\"exka-banner-container-block_246eda71869995b0181a1c16fa4b7fdb\">\n  <div class=\"exka-banner-container\" style=\"background-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CCS_4734.jpg&#039;);background-size:cover;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\">\n    \n    <span class=\"exka-banner-container__overlay\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);\"><\/span>\n\n    <!-- Existing content\/CTA wrapper (unchanged) -->\n    <div class=\"exka-banner-container__inner\">\n      <div class=\"exka-banner-container__content wysiwyg-lg\"  style=\"text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF;\">\n        <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cold ethanol extraction of cannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis using response surface methodology: optimization and comparative study<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Main Lines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"exka-feature-columns\">\n  <div class=\"exka-feature-columns-container\"\n          style=\"--exka-pattern:url('https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/themes\/exka-theme\/assets\/images\/exka-web.png')\">\n    <div class=\"exka-feature-columns-container__inner\">\n      <!-- role=list for screen readers; items are listitem + article landmarks -->\n      <div class=\"exka-feature-columns-container__grid\" role=\"list\">\n                  <article class=\"exka-feature-columns-container__item\"\n                  role=\"listitem\"\n                  aria-labelledby=\"exka-fc-title-1\">\n\n                          <h3 id=\"exka-fc-title-1\" class=\"exka-fc__title\">\n                Optimum conditions              <\/h3>\n            \n                          <p class=\"exka-fc__text\">Using response surface methodology, the optimum conditions predicted at different extraction temperatures were a cannabis\/ethanol ratio of 1:15 and an extraction time of 10 minutes.<\/p>\n            \n                      <\/article>\n                  <article class=\"exka-feature-columns-container__item\"\n                  role=\"listitem\"\n                  aria-labelledby=\"exka-fc-title-2\">\n\n                          <h3 id=\"exka-fc-title-2\" class=\"exka-fc__title\">\n                Temperature variations              <\/h3>\n            \n                          <p class=\"exka-fc__text\">Extracting cannabis at different temperatures leads to variations in the concentration of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) and terpenes, with lower temperatures leading to greater changes.<\/p>\n            \n                      <\/article>\n                  <article class=\"exka-feature-columns-container__item\"\n                  role=\"listitem\"\n                  aria-labelledby=\"exka-fc-title-3\">\n\n                          <h3 id=\"exka-fc-title-3\" class=\"exka-fc__title\">\n                Conclusion              <\/h3>\n            \n                          <p class=\"exka-fc__text\">Cold ethanol extraction has been studied to increase the extraction yield and concentration of cannabinoids and terpenes at different temperatures. Predictive models were developed and showed a strong correlation with experimental values. Optimal conditions for cannabis oil extraction have been predicted. More research is needed to reduce the operational costs of the cannabis industry.<\/p>\n            \n                      <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Extraction-Cannabis.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Extraction-Cannabis.webp 512w, https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Extraction-Cannabis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Extraction-Cannabis-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Extracting secondary compounds from cannabis presents a number of challenges.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Efficient extraction of cannabis biomass can increase yield while reducing costs and minimizing waste. Cold ethanol extraction was evaluated to maximize yields and concentrations of cannabinoids and terpenes at different temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1420-3049\/27\/24\/8780\" style=\"border-radius:8px\"><strong>Read Research Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center rounded-corners has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full rounded-corners\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SamuelBilodeau1-1000x1000-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SamuelBilodeau1-1000x1000-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SamuelBilodeau1-1000x1000-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SamuelBilodeau1-1000x1000-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/exka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SamuelBilodeau1-1000x1000-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><em><br>For me, this study is important because it enabled me to evaluate different cold ethanol extraction conditions to optimize extraction yield and the concentration of cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis oil. The results showed that temperatures of -20\u00b0C and -40\u00b0C were more effective than room temperature, and predictive models were developed to obtain reproducible results.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Lines Extracting secondary compounds from cannabis presents a number of challenges. Efficient extraction of cannabis biomass can increase yield while reducing costs and minimizing waste. Cold ethanol extraction was evaluated to maximize yields and concentrations of cannabinoids and terpenes at different temperatures. For me, this study is important because it enabled me to evaluate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1960,"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}