Active Ingredients Guides
Here are summary guides to some of the major active ingredients in The Amazing Flower - Cannabinoids (18), Terpenes and Terpenoids (36), and Flavonoids (13), their boiling points, reported effects, and general characteristics. Cannabinoids have very little aroma and taste.
The unique aromas of different flowers are mostly the result of unique combinations and ratios of terpenes, terpenoids, and other molecules like esters, aldehydes, volatile sulpher compounds, among others. Cannabinoids and terpenes are usually the only molecule classes measured and reported on the certificate of analysis, or COA test results for cannabis products.
Some of the reported active ingredient effects and benefits have been demonstrated in rigorous clinical trials and research studies, and some are considered "anecdotal". However, most of the rigorous research is on the ingredient by itself (an isolate) - NOT combined with cannabinoids.
We are not making any claims about any of them, and we present our information only as a quick summary reference, like a "Cliffs Notes" for your own consideration and knowledge. Our strategy is to err on the side of inclusion and let you decide for yourself. Cannabinoids affect people differently, and it can be confusing. That's one reason we are here, to try to help make things simpler and more useful for everyone.
