CBDVA cannabidivarinic acid · 1.88 min · not detected
First cannabinoid off the column. Usually absent in THC flower. When it is present, its peak has to clear the solvent front before anyone can quantify it.
CBDV cannabidivarin · 2.09 min · not detected
The neutral form of CBDVA. Not detected here, which is normal for THC-dominant flower.
CBDA cannabidiolic acid · 2.59 min · quantified
The acid form of CBD, so total CBD = CBD + 0.877 × CBDA. A small peak in THC flower; on hemp it is the headline.
CBGA cannabigerolic acid · 2.75 min · quantified
The precursor the plant makes THCA, CBDA and CBCA from. Often the second-largest peak in THC flower.
CBG cannabigerol · 2.91 min · quantified
CBGA after decarboxylation. CBDA, CBGA, CBG and CBD elute within half a minute of each other, so a small drift in the mobile phase can merge them.
CBD cannabidiol · 3.08 min · below LOQ
Near zero in THC-dominant flower. The peak is there, but its signal-to-noise is below the limit of quantitation, so the certificate reports <LOQ.
THCV tetrahydrocannabivarin · 3.39 min · below LOQ
The propyl cousin of Δ9‑THC. Its shorter side chain holds less tightly to C18, so it elutes more than two minutes before Δ9‑THC.
CBN cannabinol · 4.61 min · quantified
Forms as THC oxidizes. A growing CBN peak says the sample is old, or was stored warm or in light.
Δ9-THC delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol · 5.82 min · quantified
The regulated compound. Fresh flower carries little; most of it forms when THCA is heated. Δ8‑THC elutes 0.18 min later, and the method has to keep the two apart.
Δ8-THC delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol · 6.00 min · not detected
Not detected here. Δ8 and Δ9 differ only in where one double bond sits. That makes them a critical pair: a method that cannot resolve them reports one as the other.
CBC cannabichromene · 7.26 min · quantified
Minor in most flower. It elutes 0.35 min before THCA, the largest peak in the run, so an overloaded THCA peak can swallow it.
THCA tetrahydrocannabinolic acid · 7.61 min · quantified
The dominant peak in THC flower. Heat turns it into Δ9‑THC, so labs report total THC = Δ9‑THC + 0.877 × THCA. The 0.877 is the ratio of their molecular weights (314.5 / 358.5).