Everyone knows cannabis has that skunky smell and taste. Now, California-based ABSTRAX, which studies and produces cannabis and botanically derived terpenes, believes it has pinpointed the chemicals responsible for the distinctive scent.
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The company reports that its team has “uncovered an entirely new family of compounds responsible for this scent.”
What researchers found were volatile sulphur compounds (VSCs) “that directly correlate to the pungent aroma of cannabis,” notes a statement from the company. These compounds include some familiar players when it comes to weed, namely thiols, sulphides and even disulphides.
Each compound does its individual part to contribute to the characteristic skunk-like aroma, but when
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