Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa L.). It has relatively low toxicity, causes little known side effects and is not psychoactive and therefore not enlisted among illicit drugs. Cannabinoids are used in medicines, cosmetics and nutritional supplements. In the European Commission's cosmetic ingredients database, CosIng, CBD is authorized as approved cosmetic substance. Cosmetic products must be safe, of good quality and effective. Their quality is also affected by stability, which must be ensured throughout the period of use. CBD passes well through the skin, so ointments and transdermal patches are possible. CBD has neuroprotective, antiepileptic, antipsychotic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antitumor properties. Europe and United States of America have approved Sativex® and Epidiolex®, which contain CBD as an active pharmaceutical ingredient.
In Master thesis we evaluated the stability of CBD in cosmetic products. We monitored the effect of conditions: light and temperature (4 °C, 25 °C, 40 °C), containers (plastic tube, plastic pot, airless pump and aluminum tube) and formulations (preservative and preservative-free face cream, hand cream and regenerative cream). The CBD content was determined over a three-month period by high-performance liquid chromatography.
In monitoring the effect of temperature, we found that the decay of CBD increased with temperature. In the plastic tube, the minimum decay of CBD at 4 °C was 2.2% for the preservative free-face cream, and the highest decay was at 40 °C, namely 14.1%. The results show that light has an effect on the decay of CBD. Greater decay of CBD was seen in samples exposed to light. When comparing the containers, the aluminum tube, which does not transmit light and air, proved to be the best.
According to obtained results, most stable formulations were found in preservative-free face cream, with a decay of 2.9% after three months, followed by hand cream with a decay of 4.6%, and the worst was the regenerative cream, where it decomposed 13.2% of CBD.
We conclude, that the presence of a preservative of natural origin, was found to be negative, as the stability of CBD was impaired in its presence.
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