Scientists Discover a New Terpene in Cannabis: Hashishene

Scientists in France have discovered the presence of a not yet named monoterpene compound in sunlight exposed hashish of Cannabis sativa L. The abstract reads as follows: The volatile constituents of drug samples derived from Cannabis sativa L. were investigated by means of headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and gas chromatography techniques (GC-MS, GC×GC-MS). Samples of cannabis herb and hashish showed clear differences in their volatile chemical profiles, mostly resulting from photo-oxidation processes occurring during…