Technology

CO2 Extraction Technology

Effectiveness, safety and dosage are critical issues that require high purity rates in the ingredients of the pharmaceutical industry. CO2 extraction is a competitive, sustainable and innovative solution for a wide range of active ingredients (API) from medicinal herbs and other natural sources.

Supercritical CO2 ensures high efficiency in extraction yield, helping to control the API quantity and the excipient required for a certain dose.

Health and nutrition are two important levers of growth in the food and related industries. Consumers demand healthy, nutritious and natural products and manufacturers of nutraceuticals, food supplements and food products in general need to provide safe and affordable solutions.

CO2 extraction is a cost-effective and natural alternative in order to obtain high-quality ingredients and also to remove undesirable impurities.

Solvent-free oils with healthy properties to be applied to functional cosmetics as well as natural extracts for the development of fragrances and creams are more and more demanded by the cosmetic industry.

Natural and environmentally sustainable

CO2 increase the value
of products

CO2 is a completely harmless gas fluid that under certain conditions of pressure and temperature gets supercritical or subcritical state and has unique features to be used in extraction processes.

When operating conditions exceed the critical point, CO2 becomes a powerful solvent for separating substances in an effective, fast and completely clean way without generating any waste. This separation of active ingredients takes place at very mild temperatures that preserve the nutrients intact and the organoleptic quality of the product.

Our high pressure CO2 industrial plant it’s a versatile and multi-product facility, specialized in starting toll manufacturing productions, with the objective of providing access to advanced extractions, purifications and specific materials treatments to food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies.

CO2 extraction at high pressures is more profitable, natural and environmentally sustainable than traditional techniques that employ aggressive solvents and affect the properties of the extracted ingredients, either in further refining stages or due to fact that they achieve lower yields.

The power of cannabinoids in our tailored products

Obtained exclusively from selected inflorescences of hemp feminized plants. They are processed with our validated quality control and extraction methods. Extracts having the highest quality available in the market.

Our CBD products are:

Available in the following form:

Organic CBD Full Spectrum Oil
CBD Full Spectrum crude extracts
Pure Isolates Compound
Broad Spectrum crystals
Broad Spectrum Extracts with CBD and Minor Cannabinoids
Custom cannabinoid formulations

Cannabis Sativa L.

The genus Cannabis, commonly classified into the species Cannabis Indica, Cannabis Sativa L. and Cannabis ruderalis, has been an important crop throughout all human history for food, fiber, and medicine purposes since ancient times.

Viewed as the most eco-friendly and highly sustainable crop, hemp now is surrounded of renewal interest for its multi-purpose applications.

Recent technological advances and ongoing international research on its potential therapeutic efficacy, have finally highlighted the countless possible uses of any part of the plant, as new ecological and natural source of innovative materials suitable for any kind of use.

The use of hemp fiber to include the production of carbon nanosheets,plastics,3D printer filaments, oil absorbent materials and construction concrete.

Multipurpose hemp for industrial bioproducts and biomass, processing techniques to produce high-quality composites, insulation materials made of renewable resources as an alternative material to synthetic thermal insulation materials and they exhibit low energy consumption during the production, consume a minimum of resources and producing a minimum or hardly any industrial waste if compared to materials like mineral fibrous insulating and foam plastics (Murphy et al. 1999).

Additionally, hemp produces over 100 known cannabinoids, most notably CBD. Clinical trials are pushing this plant investigating CBD and other cannabinoids for treatment of 26 medical conditions. Furthermore, CBD has been granted orphan drug status for eleven conditions.

Cannabinoids represent the most studied group of compounds, thanks to their wide range of therapeutic and healthy benefits and to the versatile nature of the hemp plant.

Cannabinoids, terpenes and other molecules not yet fully scientifically studied or discovered can play an important role in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry giving a new role to hemp plant in both sectors. Genetic modification could enable industrial-scale production of cannabinoids that have pharmaceutical potential.

Hemp has a wide range of benefits on human health, is a raw material environmental friendly alternative compared to polluting industrial raw materials, new hemp product categories and sectors are growing everywhere in the world, creating notable advantages to industry, end consumer and the society.

What is CBD? (Cannabidiol) Definition

CBD is a phytocannabinoids and was discovered in 1940. CBD or Cannabidiol, is one of many cannabinoids, or molecules produced uniquely by the cannabis family plant. Unlike tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the primary psychoactive element in Marijuana).

CBD does not exhibit any psychotropic effects on humans. In other words, it is not a psychoactive substance and doesn’t cause the “high” associated with marijuana..

CBD directly interacts with several proteins in the body and central nervous system, a few of which are components of the endocannabinoid system (ECS). CBD has an affinity for both the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors. Cannabis plants contain over 100 cannabinoids that we know and Cannabidiol is one of those cannabinoids.
CAS Number
13956-29-1
Molecular weight
314.47 g/mol 1

What is CBG? (Cannabigerol) Definition

Cannabigerol, or CBG, is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid. Laboratory analysis has found that CBG exists in industrial hemp in much higher levels than other strains of cannabis. Recent scientific research has shown that CBG is effective in the treatment of a variety of symptoms and conditions and its medical properties is currently continuing. CBG is known to be a potent anti-bacterial, works to fight inflammation, pain, nausea and to slow the proliferation of cancer cells.
CAS Number
25654-31-3
Molecular weight
316.48 g/mol 1

What are Cannabis Terpenes?

Terpenes are small, volatile chemical agents used by the cannabis plant for a multitude of reasons. They have individual aromatic profile along with several proved healthy effects.

Pinene is a bronchodilator and has analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, and antioxidant effects.
Linalool has a floral scent with spicy overtones and has analgesic, antidepressant, anti-epileptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-psychotic, anxiolytic, and sedative effects.
Myrcene has earthy, fruity notes and analgesic, antibacterial, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-insomnia, anti-proliferative/ant-mutagenic, anti psychotic, and antispasmodic effects.
Limonene has a strong citrus odor. It has antidepressant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, anxiolytic, gasto-pesphageal reflux (reduces acid reflux), immunostimulant effects.
Caryophyllene has analgesic, antibacterial, antidepressant, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, antioxidant, anxiolitic, analgesic, and neuroprotective effects.