Which one do you suggest for quantitative analysis of cannabinoids: HPLC or GC? Why? What about neutral cannabinoids like THC and CBD? What about acidic form of cannabinoids like THCA and CBDA?
I suggest GC-MS or GC-MS/MS (CI or EI) for quantitative analysis of phytocannabinoids with preanalytical derivatisation. To date I was not able to conduct LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis of THC and it´s major metabolites, because the ionization was not satisfying. Likely it is the same problem with CBD, CBDA and THCA because these compounds are very unpolar.
In addition, GC does not detect THCA and CBDA directly as the high temperature at the injector port decarboxylates THCA to THC and CBDA to CBD. However, the LC is capable of detecting these acid derivatives directly.