While many growers talk about their plants as being “trees,” most cannabis doesn’t actually taste like tree leaves or pine needles, that is, unless it is rich in pinene. This terpene is one of the ...

Common drugs such as paracetamol and ibuprofen can be made from a chemical from pine trees instead of crude oil products. Turpentine is a waste product from the paper industry and is usually burned to ...

β-Pinene, a bicyclic monoterpene, is the second-most abundant constituent of the resins produced by pine trees and other conifers. The most abundant is its isomer α-pinene 1, the Molecule of the Week ...