Biosynthetic cannabinoid production methods
AssigneeInsectergy, LLC
InventorDANIEL MICHAEL LEO
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the field of commercial scale production and processing of biosynthetic cannabinoids produced by growing genetically modified microalgae in a photo-bioreactor to a produce biosynthetic cannabinoids, separating a liquid nutrient medium from the genetically modified microalgae, and extracting the biosynthetic cannabinoids to produce an extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid, then distilling the extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid to produce the biosynthetic cannabinoid distillate. Biosynthetic cannabinoid distillates may be used foodstuffs, beverages, nanoemulsions, spray-dried water-soluble powders, cosmetics, or topicals.
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A method to produce a biosynthetic cannabinoid distillate, the method includes:
- (a) in a photo-bioreactor, growing microalgae which have been genetically modified to produce a biosynthetic cannabinoid, in a liquid nutrient medium;
- (b) separating the grown, genetically modified microalgae from the liquid nutrient medium;
- (c) extracting the biosynthetic cannabinoid from the grown, genetically modified microalgae to produce an extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid;
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- (d) distilling the extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid to produce the biosynthetic cannabinoid distillate.
A method to produce a biosynthetic cannabinoid distillate, the method includes:
- (a) in a photo-bioreactor, growing microalgae and/or cyanobacterium which have been genetically modified to produce a biosynthetic cannabinoid, in a liquid nutrient medium and in the presence of carbon dioxide, the liquid nutrient medium including water treated with an adsorbent, ion exchange resin, and/or a membrane;
- (b) separating the grown, genetically modified microalgae and/or the genetically modified cyanobacterium from the liquid nutrient medium;
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- (c) extracting the biosynthetic cannabinoid from the grown, genetically modified microalgae and/or the genetically modified cyanobacterium to produce an extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid.
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