What do pine trees and jet fuel have in common?

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Well we've just finished that time of the year, the time when some of us bring pine trees into our homes to hang out with us for a few weeks. Sounds fine right? Nothing risky, it's just a tree right? Unless maybe that tree secretly has a notable similarity to jet fuel. Then maybe it could have a chance of being a problem.

References from this episode

  1. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cen-v089n049.p035
  2. https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/p/alpha-pinene.html
  3. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-industry-crafty-terpenes/97/i29?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN
  4. https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Aroma-of-Christmas-Trees.png?ssl=1
  5. https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/19/christmastrees/
  6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283914717_Basic_Plant_Taxonomy_Basic_Essential_Oil_Chemistry_Extraction_Biosynthesis_and_Analysis
  7. https://edu.rsc.org/feature/terpenes-not-just-for-christmas/2000116.article
  8. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00274
  9. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-industry-crafty-terpenes/97/i29?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN
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#152

Well we've just finished that time of the year, the time when some of us bring pine trees into our homes to hang out with us for a few weeks. Sounds fine right? Nothing risky, it's just a tree right? Unless maybe that tree secretly has a notable similarity to jet fuel. Then maybe it could have a chance of being a problem.

References from this episode

  1. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cen-v089n049.p035
  2. https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/p/alpha-pinene.html
  3. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-industry-crafty-terpenes/97/i29?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN
  4. https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Aroma-of-Christmas-Trees.png?ssl=1
  5. https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/19/christmastrees/
  6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283914717_Basic_Plant_Taxonomy_Basic_Essential_Oil_Chemistry_Extraction_Biosynthesis_and_Analysis
  7. https://edu.rsc.org/feature/terpenes-not-just-for-christmas/2000116.article
  8. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00274
  9. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-industry-crafty-terpenes/97/i29?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN
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  • Suzanne Phillips
  • Nelly Silva
  • Venus Rebholz
  • Lyn Stubblefield
  • Jacob Taber
  • Brian Kimball
  • Emerson Woodhall
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2023-01-12 29 min
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