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News, articles and announcements from Afriplex: cannabinoid science, manufacturing and quality, product innovation and botanical science.

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Cannabinoid Science

CBD isolate: extraction and purification technology developed in South Africa

15 March 2023
How Afriplex and the Cannabis Research Institute developed local technology to extract and crystallise CBD isolate from South African cannabis.
Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) in an arid savanna landscape
Botanical Science

Baobab, Adansonia digitata: an African botanical ingredient profile

15 June 2022
Baobab fruit pulp dries naturally on the tree. A defined composition, with EU novel food authorisation and US GRAS status behind it.
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Manufacturing & Quality · Press Releases

Spray drying capacity expanded for heat-sensitive botanical actives

15 September 2021
Afriplex has expanded its custom spray drying facility. How spray drying protects heat-sensitive botanical actives, and what carriers actually do.
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Cannabinoid Science

Producing CBG through biological processes rather than the cannabis plant

15 August 2021
Afriplex, an international research group and the CRI are producing cannabigerol by biosynthesis, building cannabinoids without cannabis cultivation.
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Product Innovation

Pelargonium sidoides: standardising a South African botanical for formulation

15 June 2021
From wild-collected root to Ph. Eur.-specified extract. What standardising Pelargonium sidoides involves, from marker compounds to benefit-sharing.
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Product Innovation

Alternative drug delivery systems for lipophilic botanical actives

1 November 2019
Why lipophilic botanical actives absorb poorly, how lipid-based delivery systems address it, and what Afriplex’s Lipozome® technology is designed to do.
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Cannabinoid Science · Press Releases

Afriplex and SAHPRA’s first cannabis licence

5 April 2019
Afriplex receives the first cannabis licence issued by SAHPRA. What the licence demands, and how it anchors a lawful medicinal cannabis value chain.
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Manufacturing & Quality · Press Releases

A dedicated analytical laboratory for cannabis testing

15 February 2019
Inside Afriplex’s dedicated cannabis testing laboratory in Paarl: why cannabis analytics is demanding, and what a full compliance panel involves.
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