Terpene Groups as Strain Characteristics
Alexis St-Gelais, chimiste – Popularization & Plant profiles The intensive breeding of cannabis produces strains that have different molecular signatures, and this is quite apparent within terpenes profile. These features can be useful to characterize a strain or extract, by putting forward what sets it apart from another variety. Based on our extensive experience with […]
Orange blossom water
Benoit Roger, Ph. D. If you have the chance to visit Morocco or Tunisia during spring, get away from urban centers and follow your nose, it will probably lead you near one of the many plantations of bigarade orange or bitter orange spread in all Maghreb. From march to april, these little trees dress up […]
Oil Profiles: Mandarin (Expressed)
Alexis St-Gelais, M. Sc., chimiste Mandarin fruit (Citrus nobilis) essential oil is an aromatic delicacy. By experience, we observe that it regularly is either adulterated or confused with other citruses. Chemically, there are a few good keypoints to look for that will tell if a mandarin oil is genuine. We also provide an annotated typical […]
Oil Profiles: Frankincense, type serrata
Alexis St-Gelais, M. Sc., chimiste Boswellia serrata grows in India, as opposed to most other commonly sold frankincense species which rather grow in the Horn of Africa and the southern Arabic peninsula. Frankincense serrata is not only segregated from a geographical point of view, but also differs from the other frankincenses chemically. This is reflected in […]
Introducing plants from the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada – Card # 5 : Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Laurie Caron, Chemist, M.Sc. – Plant card Latin name: Clintonia borealis (Ait) Raf. Common names: Yellow Clintonia, snake poison, bluebead-lily. In the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada, it’s possible to find this very common plant. Clintonia borealis is a perennial herb of the lily family. The plant has small blue fruits located on a long […]
Beyond THC – Cannabis sativa (L.) the plant
Laurie Caron, Chemist, M.Sc. – Plant Card Often, cannabis is associated with its recreational activities and its many adherents. In the past year, PhytoChemia has made a full review of literature on the properties of boreal resources for Agroboréal. This scientific review is available on the site web of the company in French version […]
Introducing plants from the boreal forest of Quebec – Card # 4 : Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Mühl.
Laurie Caron, chemist, M.Sc. – Plant card Latin name: Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Mühl. and its former name is Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. Common Names: Small tea, small tea woods, wintergreen insipid, tasteless chiogène, Snowberry. Qualified as a small creeping shrub of the heath family, this plant has long spindly branches and small oval […]
Introducing Plants from the Boreal Forest of Quebec – Card # 3 : Coptis trifolia (L.)
Laurie Caron – Plant card Figure 1 : Plant representation. Latin name: Coptis trifolia (L.) and its former name is Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fern. Common Names: Goldthread Greenland, Sabouillane, Sibouillane, Gold-thread. Small herbaceous perennial with rhizomes slender, wiry and yellow gold (Figure 1). The leaves of this plant are basal, long-stalked, glossy superiorly (Figure 2)1. […]
Introducing plants from the boreal forest of Quebec – Card # 2 : Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook
Laurie Caron – Plant Card Latin name: Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook Common names: Immortal, Immortal silver, Life-everlasting, Anaphale daisy. Anaphalis margaritacea is a herbaceous, perennial and widespread in the temperate boreal zone1. It is often found in fields and roadsides (Figure 1). You can easily recognize this plant by its long stem (30-100 […]
Introducing plants from the boreal forest of Quebec – Card # 1: Cornus canadensis (L.)
Laurie Caron – Plant card Latin name: Cornus canadensis (L.) Common Names: Dogwood Canada, Four-time Mullets, Dwarf cornel, Bunch-berry. Cornus canadensis (L.) known as the four-time or Canadian dogwood is an herb that is found mostly in the undergrowth of the boreal forest of Quebec. An herb is a plant which by definition does not […]