The Cannabis Chemistry Collection

Category: Terpenes

  • Technical Rebuttal to “Are Cannabis-Derived Terpenes Actually Different from Botanical Terpenes?” (Terpene Belt Farms / Nexus Agriscience White Paper )

    Technical Rebuttal to “Are Cannabis-Derived Terpenes Actually Different from Botanical Terpenes?” (Terpene Belt Farms / Nexus Agriscience White Paper )

    Author: Hudson, Russ (The Cannabis Chemistry Collection)

    Editor: Graddon, Jackie, MBA (Cannabis Consultants Group)

    Reviewers: Schwabe, Anna, Ph.D. (CSO, True Cut Genomics); Ternes, Chad, Ph.D. (CEO Phlo Bio); Mbengue, Megan, MSMCT, RN (Entheacare). 

    One-Paragraph Summary

    The Nexus/Terpene Belt Farms white paper correctly identifies stereochemistry as an important and often overlooked aspect of terpene chemistry, but repeatedly extends limited analytical observations beyond what the data support. The paper demonstrates that selected hemp cultivars possessed different enantiomeric ratios than commercial terpene formulations and botanical essential oils. It does not demonstrate that cannabis-derived terpenes are inherently superior, that botanical terpenes are incapable of reproducing cannabis aroma or effects, that stereochemical differences necessarily produce meaningful biological differences in finished products, or that cannabis-derived terpene fractions constitute complete or authentic representations of cannabis chemistry.

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