Co-Impact Sourcing: Copaiba (Translated Subtitles)

<<2>> No one has really discovered the benefits of the Copaiba until now,

<<6>> although it's been historical used.

<<8>> We are now actually really starting to understand the science behind

<<11>> this and I think that the benefits of this oil are completely untapped.

<<17>> We had to wait until after January as the waters came up

<<20>> so that we could access the trees.

<<22>> So their main collection season is

<<24>> between January and June when the water is high.

<<27>> So now we're going to go up and see the Copaiba trees firsthand

<<31>> and see how they collect the resin.

<<38>> The way the oil is extracted, it's an oleoresin,

<<40>> is that the tree is tapped like you would a maple tree

<<43>> and as that tree is stressed, the olio resin then is

<<46>> called to the source of where it's been stressed.

<<49>> Then we're able to extract that oil which will run year round.

<<59>> We're about an hour and a half as he's drilled

<<62>> through the tree to collect just this much oil.

<<65>> It helps you understand how much work goes into collecting this oil

<<69>> and after this is distilled, it's about 50% yield,

<<72>> so we'll get about half as much oil,

<<75>> and then he'll come back to this tree six months later and

<<78>> he'll be able to get about a liter worth of resin from this tree.

<<84>> Copaiba oil, it really has kind of hit the scientific community

<<88>> like a shooting star and we didn't really understand what was so neat

<<92>> about it until the research started coming in about beta-caryophyllene.

<<95>> So the way that we understand it, the phytocannabinoids,

<<99>> so the beta-caryophyllene in this case, comes in

<<102>> and interacts with a receptor on the cell surface.

<<106>> Think of your windows on your house, right?

<<107>> You're getting things that are interacting with your window

<<110>> and it changes what you do inside your house.

<<112>> You don't actually come in contact with it, but it changes what you do.

<<115>> If you see rain on your window, you pick up an umbrella,

<<118>> you wear a different outfit that day,

<<120>> so it's that same kind of idea.

<<122>> We're having things that are interacting with the surface of the cell

<<125>> that are changing things that are happening inside the cell.

<<128>> There's a cascade, there's this chain reaction of things

<<132>> that happens once that receptor gets activated,

<<137>> and other molecules inside the cell start to get excited and

<<140>> they start to change and they start to interact with other things

<<143>> and eventually what happens is, the DNA inside of our nucleus

<<147>> actually goes to work and different genes are

<<150>> up-regulated or down-regulated. Other signaling

<<153>> molecules are either increased in amount or decreased in amount.

<<158>> In the end product, what we're looking for,

<<161>> is we want exactly what we find in the plant,

<<164>> and that comes with a lot of time and a lot of experience

<<167>> and understanding the plant materials that you're working with,

<<170>> and even the uniqueness of the chemistry,

<<173>> whether we have dominant compounds or whether we have

<<176>> more subtle compounds of chemistry within the oil.

<<178>> Each one of them plays an important role in the value

<<182>> of the overall constitution of the oil and

<<184>> the benefits that we can expect to have from that oil.

<<187>> One thing that is unique about our Copaiba essential oil

<<190>> is that we're using four different species from the copaifera trees.

<<195>> This makes a very complete profile where you see maybe other

<<198>> Copaiba that is offered and it's just simply a fraction,

<<201>> which is just a part of all of the components that

<<204>> are available through the different species,

<<207>> where we're using all four.

<<208>> The reason we've done this is to create a unique

<<211>> synergy with the chemistry.

<<213>> Not only are we looking for purity,

<<213>> but we're also looking for therapeutic potency.

<<220>> We love to see how it's sourced.

<<222>> We love to see how it's collected, how it's distilled.

<<224>> But the most important part is for us to connect

<<228>> with the people who are creating it for us.

<<231>> These are real people. Their lives matter

<<234>> and for us to truly get to know them,

<<237>> to understand what their family's dealing with,

<<240>> to understand what their need are,

<<242>> and to really come together as one is the most beautiful thing.