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Terpene

Terpinolene

Say tur-PIN-oh-leen. Smells of floral, herbal, slightly citrus. Studied in the lab or in animals.

Terpinolenesay tur-PIN-oh-leen

Studied in the lab or in animals
  • floral
  • herbal
  • slightly citrus
Also in
nutmeg, tea tree, apples, cumin
Boils at
186 °CA vaporiser set above this temperature burns the terpene off before you taste it.

Rodent work finds it mildly sedating, even though in cannabis it is known for showing up in energetic daytime varieties. The literature and the folklore genuinely disagree on this one.

At the counter

A good reminder that the whole profile matters more than any single terpene: terpinolene-dominant cultivars are usually high in THC and low in myrcene as well.

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 Terpinolene among the terpenes that usually test highest.

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