Terpenes and Testing: The Podcast with Robert Strongin, Ph D (EP3)

On this episode, Jason S. Lupoi, Ph.D. chats with Robert Strongin, Ph.D., Professor of Organic Chemistry at Portland State University. Drs. Lupoi and Strongin discuss toxicants that can form as terpene degradation products when dabbing at high temperatures, how the levels of these toxicants compare to those formed from smoking a joint, breathing nanoparticles, and the divergent results Dr. Strongin’s group measured between dabbing and vaping higher levels of the monoterpene myrcene.

How Terpenes Can Cause and Prevent Degradation of Molecules in Cannabis Concentrates: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Strongin