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23 Jan 2025 Journal article

Unveiling Cannabinoids and Terpenes Diversity in Cannabis sativa L. From Northern India for Future Breeding Strategies

Dipayan Ghosh, Anitika Kundu, Neha Chaudhary, Darshan Gupta, Mridula Dwivedi, Ram Swaroop Verma, Birendra Kumar, Karuna Shanker, Narendra Kumar

Chemistry & Biodiversity· 2025

Cannabinoid and essential-oil profiling of Cannabis sativa collected from five populations across northern India, conducted at CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow. Histochemical work locates cannabinoids and terpenes in capitate stalked and capitate sessile glandular trichomes. Essential-oil analysis reports (E)-caryophyllene at 10.30%–36.80% as the major terpene, followed by α-humulene at 0.50%–15.29% and α-bisabolol at 0.00%–16.40%. Cannabinoid and terpene content shows significant diversity among and within the five populations. Correlation analysis finds α-pinene, β-pinene and limonene positively correlated with CBD content, while α- and β-selinene positively correlate with tetrahydrocannabinolic acid content. The authors frame the work as identifying candidate cultivars and chemotypes for Indian cannabis breeding programmes.

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2025-01-23 2026-05-04 Unveiling Cannabinoids and Terpenes Diversity in Cannabis sativa L. From Northern India for Future Breeding Strategies Journal article Dipayan Ghosh, Anitika Kundu, Neha Chaudhary, Darshan Gupta, Mridula Dwivedi, Ram Swaroop Verma, Birendra Kumar, Karuna Shanker, Narendra Kumar Chemistry & Biodiversity 2025 10.1002/cbdv.202402278 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbdv.202402278 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cbdv.202402278 Cannabinoid and essential-oil profiling of Cannabis sativa collected from five populations across northern India, conducted at CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow. Histochemical work locates cannabinoids and terpenes in capitate stalked and capitate sessile glandular trichomes. Essential-oil analysis reports (E)-caryophyllene at 10.30%–36.80% as the major terpene, followed by α-humulene at 0.50%–15.29% and α-bisabolol at 0.00%–16.40%. Cannabinoid and terpene content shows significant diversity among and within the five populations. Correlation analysis finds α-pinene, β-pinene and limonene positively correlated with CBD content, while α- and β-selinene positively correlate with tetrahydrocannabinolic acid content. The authors frame the work as identifying candidate cultivars and chemotypes for Indian cannabis breeding programmes.