Methods of extracting materials from plant material

Abstract

This invention provides methods for extracting ingredients and materials from plant material, including extracting ingredients from Cannabis plant material.

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         15 . Condensed evaporate prepared from plant material comprising one or more plants from the plant genus  Cannabis , using a method comprising the following steps:
 a. heating the plant material within an apparatus in which a vacuum pressure is applied on the plant material within the apparatus;   b. cooling the apparatus such that evaporate produced from the heated plant material is cooled and condenses; and   c. collecting the condensed evaporate from the plant material.   wherein the space within the apparatus into which the plant material is placed is cleaned and disinfected prior to the plant material being placed therein; and the plant material is washed with water and pasteurized before being placed within the apparatus, and the vacuum pressure on the plant material within the apparatus is within the range of 650 to 750 Torr, and the vacuum pressure is applied after heating the plant material;   and wherein the vacuum pressure is applied intermittently.   
     
     
         16 . The condensed evaporate of claim  1 , where the condensed evaporate has a molecular mass corresponding to a semi-high peak width produced in the range of 39-50 Hz in a nuclear magnetic resonance test. 
     
     
         17 . The condensed evaporate of claim  1 , where the condensed evaporate has a molecular mass corresponding to a semi-high peak width produced in the range of around 49 Hz in a nuclear magnetic resonance test. 
     
     
         18 . The condensed evaporate of claim  1 , wherein the colling is applied within 3-5 hours after heating the plant material has commenced. 
     
     
         19 . The condensed evaporate of claim  1 , wherein the cooling is applied continually after the heating of the plant material has ended. 
     
     
         20 . The condensed evaporate of claim  1 , wherein the plant material is heated for a period of time between 19 and 22 hours in length. 
     
     
         21 . The condensed evaporate of claim  1 , wherein the plant material is cooled for a period of 27 hours after heating. 
     
     
         22 . Condensed evaporate prepared from plant material comprising one or more plants from the plant genus  Cannabis , using a method comprising the following steps:
 a. heating the plant material within an apparatus in which a vacuum pressure is applied on the plant material within the apparatus;   b. cooling the apparatus such that evaporate produced from the heated plant material is cooled and condenses; and   c. collecting the condensed evaporate from the plant material.   wherein the space within the apparatus into which the plant material is placed is cleaned and disinfected prior to the plant material being placed therein; and the plant material is washed with water before being placed within the apparatus, and the plant material is pasteurized after the step of heating the plant material, and the vacuum pressure on the plant material within the apparatus is within the range of 650 to 750 Torr, and the vacuum pressure is applied after heating the plant material;   and wherein the vacuum pressure is applied intermittently.   
     
     
         23 . The condensed evaporate of  claim 22 , where the condensed evaporate has a molecular mass corresponding to a semi-high peak width produced in the range of 39-50 Hz in a nuclear magnetic resonance test. 
     
     
         24 . The condensed evaporate of  claim 22 , where the condensed evaporate has a molecular mass corresponding to a semi-high peak width produced in the range of around 49 Hz in a nuclear magnetic resonance test. 
     
     
         25 . The condensed evaporate of  claim 22 , wherein the colling is applied within 3-5 hours after heating the plant material has commenced. 
     
     
         26 . The condensed evaporate of  claim 22 , wherein the cooling is applied continually after the heating of the plant material has ended. 
     
     
         27 . The condensed evaporate of  claim 22 , wherein the plant material is heated for a period of time between 19 and 22 hours in length. 
     
     
         28 . The condensed evaporate of  claim 22 , wherein the plant material is cooled for a period of 27 hours after heating. 
     
     
         29 . An aqueous liquid extracted from plant material comprising one or more plants from the plant genus  Cannabis , where the liquid has a molecular mass corresponding to a semi-high peak width produced in the range of 39-50 Hz in a nuclear magnetic resonance test.