Pre-treatment of cannabis biomass for food grade enzymatic hydrolysis and sugar production

加拿大娱乐用大麻的合法化为加拿大人打开了一个巨大的市场。 生产商和分销商。以四氢大麻酚为主要成分的大麻产品， 然而，植物的果实由于茎、杆和根的处理而引起物流问题。的 残留物仅含有小比例的活性成分，不能用于THC提取。 根据《加拿大大麻法》，目前没有规定处置这些物质的方法。唯一的 规定是必须使残余物呈惰性和不可用，最通常是通过复杂的分散， 包括切碎和与其他产品混合的程序。 残留物的数量必然会随着大麻产量的增加而增加，因此必须 开发和实施超越基本堆肥或焚烧的价值增值技术。 一个创新的，增值的，替代的茎和根是进一步处理的残余物提取 纤维素糖生产大麻可食用产品。该项目旨在开发关键的生物质 这个过程的预处理步骤。

The legalization of cannabis for recreation purposes in Canada has opened a large market to Canadian producers and distributors. Cannabis products based on THC, which is found predominantly in the leaves and fruits of the plant, however, cause a logistic problem through the disposal of stems, stalks and roots. The residues only contain a small proportion of active ingredients and cannot be used for THC extraction. There are currently no prescribed methods, under the Canadian Cannabis Act, for their disposal. The only provision is that the residues must be rendered inert and unusable, most generally through a complex dispersion procedure including shredding and mixing with other products. The quantity of residues is bound to increase with increasing cannabis production, and it becomes imperative to develop and implement valorisation techniques that go beyond basic composting or incineration. An innovative, value-added, alternative for the stems and roots is to further process the residues to extract cellulosic sugars to produce cannabis edible products. This project aims to develop the key biomass pre-treatment step of this process.