PRIMARY STUDY

Ethnopharmacology of Love.

Key Findings:  The common food additive and CB2 agonist β-caryophyllene might have the potential to attenuate dopaminergic firing, quenching the reward and thus motivation associated with romantic love.

Type of Study:  Meta-analysis

Study Result:  Positive

Study Location(s):  Germany, Ghana, Italy, United Kingdom

Year of Pub:  2018


Cannabinoids Studied: 

Phytocannabinoid Source:  Not Applicable

Terpenes Studied:  ß-Caryophyllene

Receptors Studied:  CB2

Ligands Studied:  Dopamine