by Brian | Sep 23, 2021 | Featured
What are Nerolidol Terpenes?’ The terpene (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable) nerolidol is an aromatic sesquiterpene found in many different types of flowering plants. Not surprisingly, it’s also used to enhance the scent of soaps, shampoos, perfumes,... 
by Brian | Aug 26, 2021 | Featured
WHAT IS LIMONENE? Yet another sweet-smelling monoterpene, limonene is again omnipresent within the cannabis plant — in some cases making up as much as 16% of its essential oil composition in some varieties. In her TEDx talk, recent DELTA 8/9 SHIFT guest Mara Gordon... 
by Brian | Aug 5, 2021 | Featured
D-linalool is a monoterpinoid alcohol, found in at least 200 plants, including lavender, pine needles, Korean goldenbell tree, cinnamon, rosewood, birch, and green huajiao. Like many of its monoterpenoid brethren, its distinctive aroma is used as an aroma, but there’s... 
by Brian | Jul 30, 2021 | Featured
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE/B-CARYOPHYLLENE — WHAT IS IT? Beta-caryophyllene (BCP) is a bicyclic sesquiterpene (versus the monoterpene myrcene which we explored last week) prevalent throughout not just cannabis, but throughout much of your favorite foods. Expressed in the... 
by Brian | Jul 19, 2021 | Featured
Question: Do you know your terpenes? Responsible for a lot of the aroma and character in many of the plants in which they are found, terpenes are versatile and helpful assistants in any number of soothing and replenishing activities. This week, it’s all about... 
by Brian | Jul 9, 2021 | Featured
WHAT IS 11-HYDROXY-THC? Unlike any other cannabinoid we’ve written about so far, 11-hydroxy-THC isn’t made within the plant, but within your own body. It’s a byproduct of both smoked and oral THC foods, oils, and medical preparations, but it’s mostly associated with... 
by Brian | Jul 2, 2021 | Featured
IS THCP MORE POTENT THAN THC? Simply put, it’s close to a dead ringer for delta-9 THC, except for a seven-chain alkyl — the longest of all the THC variants in the plant. That might not sound like a lot, but that seven-chain alkyl really does make all the difference... 
by Brian | Jun 10, 2021 | Featured
What is Cannabichromene? As one of the most prevalent of the minor cannabinoids, cannabichromene is a walking, talking advertisement for the entourage effect. It’s frequently studied with other cannabinoids for its role in possibly “potentiating” the effects of its... 
by Brian | Jun 4, 2021 | Featured
Introduction to Michelle Ross, the Plant Medicine Queenpin If you’ve spent any time within the West Coast plant medicine underground, you’ve probably come across the name of Dr. Michelle Ross. Holding a PhD in Neuroscience from University of Texas Southwestern Medical... 
by Brian | Jun 3, 2021 | Featured
WHAT IS THCV? First detected and identified as a cannabinoid by Edward Gill in 1970, Tetrahydrocannabivarin, or TCHV (C19H26O2,) represents another fate the mother cannabinoid of CBGA can take within the plant. Instead of combining with olivetolic acid, it meets up...