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1. 6/17/2020 CBD from an Orange Peel? Japanese Company Makes a Citrus Discovery
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CBD from an Orange Peel? Japanese
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Japanese company creates CBD from orange
peel
As CBD’s popularity continues to skyrocket, more and more people have started hopping on the
bandwagon, and for good reason. The cannabis compound packs a punch when it comes its
therapeutic bene ts with its ability to treat an ever-expanding list of diseases and conditions.
However, as most CBD products contain at least 0.3 percent of THC, it is still illegal to produce and
sell these products in many countries where marijuana is still illegal. But that may soon change
thanks to one Japanese company that’s found a way to produce CBD products without using the
cannabis plant.
Hiro International, an Osaka-based Japanese company, has found a way to derive Cannabidiol
(CBD) from orange peels. Ryousuke Koseki, the company’s spokesperson said that the new product
could make CBD available in countries with strict rules against THC and other cannabis-derived
products as it contains zero THC.
Established in 1984, for a long time, the company mainly operated as a fruit and fruit juice
importer. But earlier this year, the company announced that it had discovered that the orange
peels it imported from the US contained CBD that was structurally identical to the CBD found in
hemp. The company has since become capable of distilling the orange peel-derived CBD into oil for
multiple applications and now o ers a wide range of healthcare and beauty products containing
CBD oil from orange peels, including lip balms, make-up removers, and body lotions, among
others.
"Orange-derived CBD Oil has the same ingredients as hemp CBD, similar e ects, and additionally,
zero danger in terms of THC intake and legality. This discovery o ers a di erent CBD story, which
is better than the currently standing CBD narrative to the consumers, Koseki said.

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If the therapeutic e ects of this type of CBD can compare or even exceed that of its cannabis-
derived counterpart, this could signal a breakthrough for the industry and could mean that more
people will be able to access its bene ts without fear of breaking the law.
In Japan, where the Hiro International is based, laws against marijuana are particularly strict, and
even trace amounts of THC are punishable. This presents a huge barrier for those a icted with
conditions and diseases that CBD can famously treat, such as epilepsy, arthritis, chronic pain,
anxiety and depression, some forms of cancer, skin issues, Crohn’s and other GI-tract-related
conditions.
Though Hiro International’s orange CBD was a relatively recent discovery, a Portland-based
company called Citrus CBD has been operating and o ering orange peel-derived CBD since 2018.
According to the company’s website, its CBD products test at purity levels that range between 99.7
to 99.9 percent. They also boast products that are free of pesticides, heavy metals, solvents, and
GMOs.
Although more research still needs to be done into orange CBD’s e cacy, studies on non-
cannabis-derived CBD have shown promising results. One study, on ImmunAG, a Humulus-derived
CBD extract, was found to be more e ective at reducing calci cation in the heart than cannabis-
derived CBD at every concentration.
The Humulus plant is a variety of hops that, when cross-bred with cannabis, produces high
quantities of Cannabidiol. ImmunAG has a CBD concentration of 18 percent, making It a viable
alternative to purely cannabis-derived CBD.
To test its e cacy, researchers tested for its ability to reduce valvular interstitial cell calci cation in
the human heart, which can lead to heart disease.

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According to Donish Cushing, the lead author of the study: “The research demonstrated that a
combination of high bioactivity CBD, BCP, and HUM reduces VIC calci cation more than high
bioactivity CBD alone. As phytoceutical approaches to medicine continue to gain traction, an
uncovering of the ways that each of these properties interact will constitute an exciting new
frontier for science.”
However, these non-cannabis sources of CBD are not without its skeptics. In 2017, Vice wrote
about the scientists who questioned the mechanics behind ImmunAG’s hops-derived CBD and
asked that scienti c evidence to its veracity and the company’s methods be published.
Jonathan Page, a professor at the the University of British Columbia, told Vice, “It’s really puzzling
to me. As far as scienti c literature goes there has been no reported case of CBD being isolated
from the hop plant.”
“To Isodiol, I say show us the evidence. A corporate press release is not scienti c evidence,” he
added. If the company has presented it since then, it hasn’t been published on its website.
With CBD’s continued rise in popularity and the market’s immense growth, the temptation to cash
in on the hype may be too strong for many companies to resist. The global CBD market is expected
to reach USD 23.6 billion by 2025. And while orange peel-derived CBD holds a lot of promise, only
time, and certainly more research, will tell if it will be able to rival the original.
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