Description

Our LDE extraction process is amphiphilic by design where dimethyl ether has a polar head and two non-polar tails making it soluble in both hydrophilic (water-loving, polar) and lipophilic (fat-loving, non-polar). Dimethyl ether is perfectly suited to penetrate the waxy non-polar surface layer of the trichome and extract 100% of the non-polar terpenes and other essential botanical oils from the water inside. The thermodynamic driving force is the release of energy in the form of entropy (randomness). Alternatively, n-butane is completely non-polar solvent and the trichome’s cellular water exhibits strong repulsion forces making it nearly impossible to achieve such superior results.