To date, researchers have found over 480 different compounds within the cannabis plant, mostly terpenes, cannabinoids, and flavonoids. While cannabinoids and terpenes have grown in popularity, flavonoids are not discussed as much. 

Here, we’ll go over what the therapeutic effects are of this, and also why it’s something to look at if you’re trying to enhance your cannabis experience, in order to make t the best that it can be. 

What are They 

Simply put, flavonoids are considered phytonutrients that are found in all veggies and fruits and is responsible for the color of the fruits and veggies too. 

They do help flowers get pollinators, or also to protect the plant from UV ray damage, or disease and pests too! 

There are over 6000 differ kinds of flavonoids out there and some are even unique to different plants as well. 

For example, cannabis plants also contain flavonoids that are found nowhere else, and these are called cannanflavens. 

They are responsible for the colors that you see in the cannabis plant. For example, those that are a rich purple color have a lot of anthocyanins and anthoxanthins in it. 

Flavonoids also may offer different benefits too, including reducing inflammation, cancer, anti-inflammatory, and other effects that offer neuroprotection too. 

The entourage Effect 

Right now, most to the research done on this is mostly based on what’s called the entourage effect. This is the claim that each of these compounds are able to work together, to create the best therapeutic along with psychoactive results that they can. 

On their own, they’re only half as strong, but together, this creates something incredibly potent that a lot of people enjoy. 

Right now though, most of this I still in the research territory, and there is some different studies done to ensure that the cannabis flower changes, enhances the effects, and also the pathways in which this is done. 

The Future of Cannabis Research 

While there has been a lot of studies currently on terpenes, right now, flavonoids is something that is not studied enough.

For the most part, most of the efforts have been on the compounds, but we may see a sudden change in the way that the research goes from here on out. 

Right now, the current research is looking at how this might work to provide different pain relief. It also may be found in different green superfoods and plants, and it can provide a lot of beneficial results. 

Could it help with pain relief though? All the way back in 1986, a researcher named Marilyn Barrett was trying to isolate two major cannaflavins in order to ensure that there is enough potent effects. 

These usually are strong in it of itself, but she found that they could be more potent than those that are put out by aspirin. 

The problem though is that while there is research, it’s very small, with only .15% of studies done on cannabis being that subject. That means that a lot of marijuana needs to be looked at, and it does need to be consumed in heavy amounts in order to get the effects. 

Some research has worked around this to engineer these cannaflavins separately from the plant itself. Through successful identification of the gees in this, the researchers have been able to produce these as they’re isolated. 

They’ve bene used in other ways though in the form of cannabis alternatives for NSAIDs, and this might be something that a lot of people are looking at as an alternative to rely on, especially if they want to stop taking aspirin, Advil, and ibuprofen as well.