Essential oils and their constituents: XXIX.1 the essential oil of marihuana: Composition of genuine Indian Cannabis sativa L.

Abstract

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of freshly harvested Indian Cannabis sativa L. was found to contain the following constituents that have not previously been reported: α-pinene, camphene, β-pinene, α-terpinene, β-phellandrene, γ-terpinene, linalool, trans-linalool oxide, sabinene hydrate, α-bergamotene, terpinene-4-ol, β-farnesene, α-terpineol, α-selinene, curcumene, and caryophyllene oxide. The presence of trace amounts of two alcohols and of an α,β-unsaturated ketone, for which gas chromatographic and spectral characteristics are recorded, was also detected.