Another area "ripe" for investigation is the medicinal aspects of terpenes in Cannabis as well as other edible fruits. Could be a lot more going on there than aromatics.
absolutely, i think what we have been missing are these missing links. Terps, and now this Natural Occurring Enzyme which is The soul reason why Cannabinoids are Created to begin with.
No one can say for certainly anything. Even the smartest Scientist, could only Hypothesis at this point.
One of the reasons it has been so hard to find out about the cannabinoid and whats in marijuana. Was due to the proccess they did to extract this stuff out of plants. They used a Nitrogen based chemistry, in which Marijuana has been found to have very low Nitrogen in it, making it impossible to extract its true 421 Chemotypes. Where 420 truly came from
Phytocannabinoids, also called ''natural cannabinoids'', ''herbal cannabinoids'', and ''classical cannabinoids'', are only known to occur naturally in significant quantity in the cannabis plant, and are concentrated in a viscous resin that is produced in glandular structures known as trichomes.
In addition to cannabinoids, the resin is rich in terpenes, which are largely responsible for the odour of the cannabis plant.
Phytocannabinoids are nearly insoluble in water but are soluble in lipids, alcohols, and other non-polar organic solvents. However, as phenols, they form more water-soluble phenolate salts under strongly alkaline conditions.
All-natural cannabinoids are derived from their respective 2-carboxylic acids (2-COOH) by decarboxylation (catalyzed by heat, light, or alkaline conditions).