Chemical and Heat Treatment of Pathogenic Microorganisms on Cannabis Plants

The paper uploaded above describes the Chemical and heat treatment methods employed to bring down the bioburden of microorganisms on the Cannabis Plants. Over-the-counter prescriptions of Cannabis is fast emerging in many European countries as well as Australia. To ensure patient safety, regulatory bodies in those respective countries are ensuring the Cannabis Cultivators are following strict  Good Agricultural and Collection Practices(GACP) and Good Manufacturing Practices( GMP)  so that Cannabis dispensed for inhalation is low as possbile on microorganisms. In this paper, chemical as well as heat treatments are explored to draw a conclusion on which method could be employed to reduce the bioburden to an acceptable limit as per the Cannabis monograph.