The origins of our work with the chemistry of cannabis compounds. Sir David Parin was a Scottish doctor and botanist who did most of his work in India. He arrived in 1884 to Calcutta after a short career at the University of Aberdeen and was appointed as a physician/botanist in the...

Development, marketing and research sectors in the medical cannabis industry are extremely focused on THC and CBD. Despite this other cannabinoids and terpenes are beginning to arouse great interest. When someone is searching in enormous cannabis-related product ranges he may find just THC and CBD entities. They may even find...

5 decades of terpenes research in the service of cannabis In our research station at Israeli Agricultural Research Organization we made extensive work on plants aromatic compounds for the last 50 years. Our station delivers multidisciplinary approach, doing research in agricultural, biochemical, ecological, analytical and genetical subjects. This great experience...

β-caryophyllene and Petty’s pain Petty was a very vigorous pit bull. She would jump and run wild most of the day. She’d often stuff things in her mouth and give them special treatment. One-day Patty jumped from behind the neighbor’s fence, in a rather typical exercise. But this time a cactus...

A plant’s aroma is part of the way it communicates with its surroundings. Just like humans or other animals, a smell is here to tell us something. Perfumes evolved exactly for this reason. Today perfume developers must understand various characteristics when designing an aroma that will send other people specific information. Aroma...