Use of X-ray irradiation for inactivation of Aspergillus in cannabis flower

Stephen Frink; Olivera Marjanovic; Phoi Tran; Yun Wang; Weihong Guo; Noahie Encarnacion; Donelle Alcantara; Bahman Moezzi; Gordon Vrdoljak

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0277649

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Use of X-ray irradiation for inactivation of Aspergillus in cannabis flower

Stephen Frink ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Frink, Olivera Marjanovic, Phoi Tran

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Olivera Marjanovic ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Frink, Olivera Marjanovic, Phoi Tran

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: gordon.vrdoljak@cannabis.ca.gov (GV); olivera.marjanovic@cannabis.ca.gov (OM)

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Phoi Tran ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Frink, Olivera Marjanovic, Phoi Tran

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-2099

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Yun Wang,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Weihong Guo,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Noahie Encarnacion,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Donelle Alcantara,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Bahman Moezzi,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Food and Drug Laboratory Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Gordon Vrdoljak

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: gordon.vrdoljak@cannabis.ca.gov (GV); olivera.marjanovic@cannabis.ca.gov (OM)

Affiliation Cannabis Testing Laboratory Branch, California Department of Cannabis Control, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Use of X-ray irradiation for inactivation of Aspergillus in cannabis flower

Stephen Frink,
Olivera Marjanovic,
Phoi Tran,
Yun Wang,
Weihong Guo,
Noahie Encarnacion,
Donelle Alcantara,
Bahman Moezzi,
Gordon Vrdoljak

Published: November 15, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277649

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