Beta-Myrcene – Terpene Profile
Myrcene has a pleasant sweet flavor and makes up about 65% of cannabis essential oil. Being one of the major terpenes in cannabis, Myrcene gives cannabis most of its earthy, musky and herbal scent. In thyme, Myrcene can be up to 40% of the weight of wild thyme leaves. β-Myrcene has sedative as well as motor relaxant effects.
Medicinal qualities:
In vivo
Analgesic
Myrcene mimics the peripheral analgesic activity of lemongrass tea.
Lorenzetti, B. B., Souza, G. E., Sarti, S. J., Santos Filho, D., & Ferreira, S. H. (1991)
Sedative
Central effects of citral, myrcene and limonene, constituents of essential oil chemotypes from Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown.
Gurgel do Vale, T., Couto Furtado, E., Santos Jr., J. G., & Viana, G. S. B. (2002)
In vitro
Ant-inflammatory
Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory, anti-catabolic and pro-anabolic effects of E-caryophyllene, myrcene and limonene in a cell model of osteoarthritis.
Rufino, A.T., Ribeiro, M., Sousa, C., Judas, F., Salgueiro L., Cavaleiro, C., & Mendes, A. F. (2015)
Enhance transdermal absorption
Cooperative interaction of monoterpenes and phenylpropanoids on the in vitro human skin permeation of complex composed essential oils.
Schmitt, S., Schaefer, U. F., Doebler, L., & Reichling, J. (2009)
Phytochemical analysis and evaluation of skin irritation, acute and sub-acute toxicity of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil in mice and rabbits.
Lulekal E, Tesfaye S, Gebrechristos S, Dires K, Zenebe T, Zegeye N, Feleke G, Kassahun A, Shiferaw Y, Mekonnen A. (2019)