Lol the epitome of laziness, i took a quote from me...where the first half i didnt even feel like explaining.
lecithin.......
"In the pharmaceutical industry, it acts as a wetting, stabilizing agent and a choline enrichment carrier, helps in emulsifications and encapsulation, and is a good dispersing agent. It can be used in manufacture of intravenous fat infusions and for therapeutic use.
is an excellent emulsifier. In aqueous solution, its phospholipids can form either liposomes, bilayer sheets, micelles, or lamellar structures, depending on hydration and temperature."
sorry not in an explaining kind of mood today ^from wiki
heres a quout from my coconut oil thread. Why we use coconut
"....Now Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are medium-chain (8 to 10 carbons, kinda 6-12)
In the digestive system MCTs are broken down into individual fatty acids (MCFA). Unlike other fatty acids, MCFA are absorbed directly from the intestines into the portal vein and sent straight to the liver where they are, for the most part, burned as fuel much like a carbohydrate. In this respect they act more like carbohydrates than like fats.
Other fats require pancreatic enzymes to break them into smaller units. They are then absorbed into the intestinal wall and packaged into bundles of fat (lipid) and protein called lipoproteins. These lipoproteins are carried by the lymphatic system, bypassing the liver, and then dumped into the bloodstream, where they are circulated throughout the body. As they circulate in the blood, their fatty components are distributed to all the tissues of the body. The lipoproteins get smaller and smaller, until there is little left of them. At this time they are picked up by the liver, broken apart, and used to produce energy
MCTs do not require bile salts for digestion and therefore, passively absorbed by the intestinal tract into the blood stream where they are used for energy.. of course a bit simplified but basically faster onset and less degradation occurs.
Rich sources of MCTs include palm kernel oil, coconut oil and camphor tree drupes."
now an emulsion doesnt help anything we want it all dissolved in, it would be great in salad dressing though. we put it in a carrier to lower polarity and increase efficiency..
thc has a logp of about 7
In practice optimum colonic is 1.32, intestinal is 1.35, oral 1.8, Cns 2, percutaneous at 2.6 and sublingual 5.5
Shorter chain triglycerides have a much lower polarity holding less in suspension and not being absorbed as quickly
an emulsion encapsulates..we dont want a suspension of cannabinoids. to make use of the coconut we want it dissolved in solution-not suspension.. it doesnt need help to be dispersed evenly this is the definition of a solution -homogenous.
All from a previous conversation on lecithen
You want to heat the oil and saturate it slowly with your hash concentrate