Trace Metals in Cannabis Seized by Law Enforcement in Ghana and Multivariate Analysis to Distinguish among Different Cannabis Farms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- C—Concentration of final solution, B—Concentration of blank solution
- V—Final volume of solution, W—Weight of sample
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Na | Mg | K | Ca | Mn | Fe | Cu | Zn | As | Cd | Pb | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
percent Δ (samples 34 and 20) | 104.8 | 0.1 | 16.0 | 54.6 | 77.0 | 54.6 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 37.5 |
percent Δ (samples 8 and 14) | 42.1 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 40.4 | 33.4 | 128.5 | 28.6 | 4.8 | 131.3 | 147.2 | 124.4 |
percent Δ (samples 31 and 34) | 161.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 20.7 | 2.8 | 25.0 | 42.7 | 58.0 | 28.6 | 27.6 |
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Douvris, C.; Bentil, E.; Ayensu, I.; Osei Akoto, C.; Amponsah, I.K.; Adu, J.; Bussan, D. Trace Metals in Cannabis Seized by Law Enforcement in Ghana and Multivariate Analysis to Distinguish among Different Cannabis Farms. Toxics 2022, 10, 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10100567
Douvris C, Bentil E, Ayensu I, Osei Akoto C, Amponsah IK, Adu J, Bussan D. Trace Metals in Cannabis Seized by Law Enforcement in Ghana and Multivariate Analysis to Distinguish among Different Cannabis Farms. Toxics. 2022; 10(10):567. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10100567
Chicago/Turabian StyleDouvris, Chris, Edward Bentil, Isaac Ayensu, Clement Osei Akoto, Isaac Kingsley Amponsah, Joseph Adu, and Derek Bussan. 2022. "Trace Metals in Cannabis Seized by Law Enforcement in Ghana and Multivariate Analysis to Distinguish among Different Cannabis Farms" Toxics 10, no. 10: 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10100567