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Specifically, the pain-relieving effects were linked to the adenosine A2a receptor -- a receptor that caffeine targets and blocks -- suggesting that terpenes may also have sedative properties.

From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026

But there’s a problem: The molecules that make up many of these essential oils, known as terpenes, are small and light.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022

So would cleaning in the morning or evening, when ozone levels tend to be lower, and avoiding products with limonene or other kinds of terpenes.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 24, 2022

"Plant-based phenols, flavonoids, isoflavones, terpenes and glucosinolates are almost always bitter, acrid or astringent," explained a 2000 study from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021

Eleven different terpenes having the formula C10H16 have been isolated from various plant juices, and their molecular arrangement carefully worked out.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred