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April 3, 2026PlantsOpen Access

Hierarchical Chemotaxonomic Differentiation in Cannabis Chemovars Using Quantitative HPLC Cannabinoid Profiling and Multivariate Chemometrics

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AMAmonrat MayongKasetsart UniversityTSTanee SreewongchaiKasetsart UniversitySLSasithorn LimsuwanKasetsart University

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Implication

Hierarchical chemotaxonomic differentiation predicts cannabis chemovar classes, suggesting new classification methods.

Key Points

  • The aim is to create a refined classification system for cannabis varieties by analyzing cannabinoid profiles using advanced statistical methods.
  • Quantitative profiling of nine cannabinoids using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
  • Data analysis through principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA).
  • Hierarchical clustering to classify cannabis chemovars into distinct groups.
  • Total THC levels ranged from 0.41% to 15.64%, while total CBD levels varied from 0.09% to 12.32%.
  • The first two principal components in PCA explained 62.7% of the variance in cannabinoid profiles.
  • PLS-DA achieved 94.2% cross-validated accuracy in predicting cannabis chemotype classes.

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Mayong et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5e745a333a821460ccb0https://doi.org/10.3390/plants15071077
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