{"id":21801,"date":"2020-07-07T22:09:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T22:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailycbd.com\/en\/?p=21801"},"modified":"2022-01-12T19:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:30:49","slug":"cbg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycbd.com\/en\/cbg\/","title":{"rendered":"CBG (Cannabigerol): The Cannabis Stem Cell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top 5 CBG Products to Check Out in 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Industrial Hemp Farms<\/a> \u2014 Jack Frost CBG Hemp Flower<\/li>
  2. Canna Flower CBD<\/a> \u2014 White CBG Flower<\/li>
  3. Nordic Oil<\/a> \u2014 CBG Crystals<\/li>
  4. Rare Cannabinoid Co. <\/a>\u2014 CBG Defense Tincture<\/li>
  5. Industrial Hemp Farms<\/a> \u2014 CBG Isolate<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What is CBG? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    CBG is short for cannabigerol. <\/strong>It\u2019s often referred to as the \u201cstem cell\u201d of cannabinoids<\/a> because it serves as the precursor molecule for most naturally occurring cannabinoids, including CBD (cannabidiol), delta 9 THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)<\/a>, and CBC (cannabichromene)<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This molecule begins to form in the hemp plant around weeks 3 and 4 of the flowering cycle. By week 6 CBG starts to convert into THC, CBD, or CBC as it\u2019s exposed to UV light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Some plants produce a similar molecule, called CBGV which is then converted into CBDV<\/a>, THCV<\/a>, and CBCV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cannabigerol is the starting point for many cannabinoids outside of this range as well. Basically, any naturally occurring cannabinoid starts its life as CBG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CBD analogs made from CBG include CBDP, delta 8 CBD, delta 9 CBD, and delta 10 CBD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    THC analogs include delta 7 THC, delta 8 THC<\/a>, delta 9 THC<\/a>, delta 10 THC<\/a>, THCP<\/a>, THCC<\/a>, HHC<\/a>, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How Plant Breeders are Producing High-CBG Hemp Strains<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Some cannabis plants convert most of the CBG into THC (marijuana plants), others convert most of it to CBD (hemp plants). As the plants convert CBG into other cannabinoids, the total levels of CBG begin to drop. By the time it\u2019s ready to harvest the plants, most cannabis contains less than 1% CBG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cannabis breeders can play around with the cannabinoid levels in their plants through selective breeding, or more advanced gene-editing techniques. Both methods have the same goal \u2014 to play around with the enzymes responsible for converting CBG to other cannabinoids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If the breeder wants more CBD, they select strains that have more CBD-converting enzymes. The same goes for both THC and CBC as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some breeders are even creating cannabis strains that knock out all of these enzymes completely \u2014 yielding much higher concentrations of CBG instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A simpler method to preserve CBG is to simply\nharvest the plants early (around the 6-week mark of an 8-week flower cycle)\nbefore they\u2019ve had a chance to convert CBG to other cannabinoids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hemp plants have more CBD-converting enzymes and very few THC enzymes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    What Are the Benefits of CBG? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Research on the effects of CBG is still early,\nbut there are already a variety of interesting studies involving this novel\ncannabinoid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Summary: The Benefits of CBG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n