Terpene Medicinal Properties Chart
Compound Name | Compound Type | Medical Properties | Concentration (% dry weight) | Boiling Point (F) | Boiling Point (C) |
quercetin | flavonoid | Antioxidant Antimutagenic Antiviral Antineoplastic |
> 0.1% | 482 | 250 |
Carbon monoxide & smoke tars (at point of combustion) | toxin | Carcinogen Other nasties |
? | 446 | 230 |
pulegone | terpenoid | Memory booster? AChE inhibitor Sedative Antipyretic |
0.001% | 435.2 | 224 |
tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) | cannabinoid | Analgesic Euphoriant |
0.0-1.36% | 428 | 220 |
cannabichromene (CBC) | cannabinoid | Antiinflammatory Antibiotic Antifungal |
0.0-0.65% | 428 | 220 |
naphthalene | toxin | Possible carcinogen Light-headedness Nausea Sleepiness Loss of appetite Pale skin |
? | 424.4 | 218 |
α-terpineol | terpenoid | Sedative Antibiotic AChE inhibitor Antioxidant Antimalarial |
0.02% | 422.6-424.4 | 217-218 |
borneol | terpenoid | Antibiotic | 0.008% | 410 | 210 |
terpineol-4-ol | terpenoid | AChE inhibitor Antibiotic |
0.0004% | 408.2 | 209 |
benzene | toxin | Carcinogen | ? | 392 | 200 |
linalool | terpenoid | Sedative Antidepressant Anxiolytic Immune potentiator |
0.002% | 388.4 | 198 |
cannabinol (CBN) | cannabinoid | Oxidation breakdown product Sedative Antibiotic |
0.0-1.6% | 365 | 185 |
cannflavin A | flavonoid | COX inhibitor LO inhibitor |
0.02% | 359.6 | 182 |
apigenin | flavonoid | Anxiolytic Antiinflammatory Estrogenic |
> 0.1% | 352.4 | 178 |
p-cymene | terpenoid | Antibiotic Anticandidal AChE inhibitor |
0.0004% | 350.6 | 177 |
d-limonene | terpenoid | Cannabinoid agonist? Immune potentiator Antidepressant Antimutagenic |
0.14% | 350.6 | 177 |
1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) | terpenoid | AChE inhibitor Increases cerebral blood flow Stimulant Antibiotic Antiviral Antiinflammatory Antinociceptive |
> 0.001% | 348.8 | 176 |
Δ-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ-8-THC) | cannabinoid | Resembles Δ-9-THC Less psychoactive More stable Antiemetic |
0.0-0.1% | 347-352.4 | 175-178 |
Δ-3-carene | terpenoid | Antiinflammatory | 0.0004% | 334.4 | 168 |
β-myrcene | terpenoid | Analgesic Antiinflammatory Antibiotic Antimutagenic |
0.47% | 330.8-334.4 | 166-168 |
cannabidiol (CBD) | cannabinoid | Anxiolytic Analgesic Antipsychotic Antiinflammatory Antioxidant Antispasmodic |
0.1-2.89% | 320-356 | 160-180 |
Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) | cannabinoid | Euphoriant Analgesic Antiinflammatory Antioxidant Antiemetic |
0.1-25% | 314.6 | 157 |
α-pinene | terpenoid | Antiinflammatory Bronchodilator Stimulant Antibiotic Antineoplastic AChE inhibitor |
0.04% | 312.8 | 156 |
β-sitosterol | flavonoid | Antiinflammatory 5-α-reductase inhibitor |
? | 273.2 | 134 |
β-caryophyllene | terpenoid | Antiinflammatory Cytoprotective (gastric mucosa) Antimalarial |
0.05% | 246.2 | 119 |
toluene | toxin | Much less toxic than benzene Light-headedness Nausea Sleepiness Loss of appetite |
? | 231.1 | 110.6 |
cannabigerol (CBG) | cannabinoid | Antiinflammatory Antibiotic Antifungal |
0.03-1.15% | 125.6 | 052 |