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Cannabinoid TerpenesWhile cannabinoids are responsible for the effects of the plant on your body, terpenes are aromatic molecules which give each plant its characteristic smell and taste. They also work hand in hand with the cannabinoids, modulating their effects.
Terpenes are not unique to cannabis. All plants have them. Consider basil. You probably can't even think of basil without calling up it's smell. If you're a fan of it, I'm sure you've eaten sub par basil that tasted like nothing. It's tastes like nothing because it is lacking in the terpenes that are specific to it: Linalol, Borneone, Methylchavicol, Camphor, Cineole, Citronella, Eugenol, Ocimene, Pinene, Limonene, Sylvestrene. This is why we think of lavender as soothing or lemon as energizing. Terpenes have a massive effect on our brains and bodies. Something we all innately know, but science is more recently catching up to and exploring in a empirical way. |
Water Soluble Terpenes |
With water soluble CBD and CBN we talked a lot about absorption and bioavailability. These are also true with water soluble terpenes, with some added factors:
Why do I care about bioavailability? Terpenes aren't medicine? Does this mean that if you make cannabinoids and terpenes water soluble, that you can use them with water based vape juice? I tried |