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Terpene

Ocimene

Say OH-sih-meen. Smells of sweet, herbaceous, tropical. Studied in the lab or in animals.

Ocimenesay OH-sih-meen

Studied in the lab or in animals
  • sweet
  • herbaceous
  • tropical
Also in
mint, parsley, orchids, mangoes
Boils at
100 °CA vaporiser set above this temperature burns the terpene off before you taste it.

Antifungal and antiviral properties in test-tube work. There is very little on effects in people.

At the counter

Treat it as an aroma note. If a budtender credits an effect to ocimene in particular, be skeptical.

Cultivars carrying it

Studied in the lab or in animals

The findings come from animals or test tubes, so they suggest a direction worth studying but do not tell you what will happen in a person.

Cultivars carrying it

1 cultivar lists Ocimene among the terpenes that usually test highest.

Other terpenes