Get to Know A Cannabis Terpene: Nerolidol
Nerolidol is a woody, citrusy flavored terpene that has a vast amount of potential.
Today’s terpene starred in my breakfast of greek yogurt and fresh strawberries. In addition to being found in lavender, jasmine, and an orchid native to Mexico, it’s also a prevalent terpene in strawberries (in addition to being found in cannabis!) Nerolidol (also known as peruviol) has a floral and sweet woody scent (much like the bitter orange tree that names the terpene) and the smell can sometimes be described as ‘waxy.’ Because of its wonderful scent nerolidol is used to create many scented products such as lotions. In perfumes, it’s used for apple, honey, and other fruity scents. Industrially it was synthesized as part of the process to synthesize linalool.
Nerolidol has found a way to be extremely useful. It can be also found in patents for stevia flavoring , a film that controls medication dosage, fungicides, and of course that cannabis toothpaste.
Nerolidol has been a component in sleep aids for many years due to its sedative effect. In cannabis, its presence is found in strains largely associated with anti-anxiety properties. While nerolidol has been reported to have a sedative effect for many years, there is a lot of power and potential in its anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, and anti-parasitic abilities. If you are seeking relief from anxiety symptoms or those from PTSD, it might be worth it for you to explore nerolidol.
There have been a couple of studies examining nerolidol’s antibacterial properties, There have been studies that demonstrated it was effective against some types of parasites. and one found that low concentrations of sesquiterpenes (one of which is nerolidol) increased the efficacy of certain antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, vancomycin, and tetracycline) by increasing the sensitivity of drug-resistant Escherichia coli to ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, vancomycin, and tetracycline.
Like many cannabis-related compounds, research into how nerolidol impacts a cannabis users’ experience has been greatly inhibited. But initial findings into nerolidol as a pain management tool have found that it exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activity . Since nociceptors are part of how the body reacts to pain, this insight into nerolidol’s possibilities is exciting.
Nerolidol isn’t a highly well known terpene and doesn’t appear in a lot of top 10 lists or in search tools like those from Confident Cannabis . Because of my work with 54 Green Acres , and their dedication to transparency on terpene tests, I can attest that Hindu Kush, Green Dragon, Blue Cheese, Huckleberry Diesel, Kali, Lemon Skunk, and Pineapple strains. Make sure to work with dispensaries and products that test and list terpenes if you want to explore this great-tasting powerhouse of a terpene!
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Other Sources: Neroli, basil, guava, lavender, tea tree, strawberries, ginger, jasmine, and lemongrass. It’s the major scent compound in the Mexican orchid .
Scents: Woody, Floral, green, waxy, citrus.
Flavors: Green, Fresh, floral, sweet.
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https://www.perfumersworld.com/view.php?pro_id=3LM00319 https://www.researchgate.net/publication
Originally published at https://oregoncannabisgazette.com.