Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
Coelho, thanks for the reply!

Do you know if the isomerization process is due to heat alone, or does it need the acid? I already bake the herb a little bit to decarboxylize it before extracting it, and then there is some heat during the extraction too. Do you think your heating process is decarboxylizing left over THCA to THC? Or do you think it is isomerizing other less active cannabinoids into more active isomers of THC?
Well... the decarboxilation (THCA -> THC) happens from heat alone.
I dont know about the isomerization... when i isomerize my hash oil, i dont add any acid, and yet it works. I think just heating for a time long enough can cause the isomerization of the CBD to THC (as they are the only real isomers). I think you need add acid if you want to convert ALL cannabinoids to THC, and not only the CBD.
(BTW, CBD is what causes the indica effects, mellow and couchlock stone... and the THC is what causes the sativa giggly mind high)

Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
I might just have to try simmering with some lemon juice during the extraction and see what happens. As long as someone has done it before without actually destroying their green dragon, I'm willing to give it a shot and compare it to the batch I made without lemon juice. A controlled experiment! If I do it, I'll post results.
Only a note...when you add the lemon juice to the alcohol, the juice added will turn to a whitish spit-like thing... but its not a problem...

Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
When you say heating the oil makes it more of a sativa-like, not so indica-like, do you mean a lighter, less sleepy high? I like the lighter kind of high with some psychedelic aspects, not so much the deep, stoney, out-of-it, sleepy kind of buzz. I still like a strong high, just not totally out of it. What kind of high do you get out of your heating process?
Thanks for the info.
Yes... thats what i mean... the indica stone is the sleepy, mellow, couchlock one... when i heat the oil, the high becomes more energetic, high, giggly, mind high... sometimes its hard to realize that youre high, cause the effects are not so obvious, like, you dont feel the mellowness, mind slowness coming, so you may think youre not high. But, when things start to look funny and you dont know why, then you realize HOW high you are... :stoned:

If you like chemistry, you can look at the link below, that is from where i got all this informations:

Robert A. Nelson: Hemp Husbandry ~ Cannabinoid Chemistry (Ch 6)

So, good luck, and tell us if you made some good discovery! :thumbsup: