Latitudinal Adaptation and Genetic Insights Into the Origins of Cannabis sativa L
Front Plant Sci. 2018 Dec 21;9:1876. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01876. eCollection 2018. ABSTRACT Cannabis is one of the most important industrial crops distributed worldwide. However, the phylogeographic...
Posición de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México con relación con el decreto presidencial por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley General de Salud, en específico aquella donde faculta a la Secretaría de Salud para diseñar y ejecutar políticas públicas que regulen el uso medicinal y científico de los derivados farmacológicos de la Cannabis sativa indica americana o marihuana, entre los que se encuentra el tetrahidrocannabinol, sus isómeros y variantes estereoquímicas, así como para normar la investigación y producción nacional de los mismos
Gac Med Mex. 2018;154(6):737-739. doi: 10.24875/GMM.18004744. ABSTRACT As a consequence of the Presidential Decree that reforms and additions the General Statute of Health with regard...
Cannabis Systematics at the Levels of Family, Genus, and Species
Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2018 Oct 1;3(1):203-212. doi: 10.1089/can.2018.0039. eCollection 2018. ABSTRACT New concepts are reviewed in Cannabis systematics, including phylogenetics and nomenclature. The family Cannabaceae...
Avidekel Cannabis extracts and cannabidiol are as efficient as Copaxone in suppressing EAE in SJL/J mice
Inflammopharmacology. 2019 Feb;27(1):167-173. doi: 10.1007/s10787-018-0536-3. Epub 2018 Oct 5. ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease leading to the destruction of myelin with consequent...
An Update on Plant Photobiology and Implications for Cannabis Production
Front Plant Sci. 2019 Mar 29;10:296. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00296. eCollection 2019. ABSTRACT This review presents recent developments in plant photobiology and lighting systems for horticultural crops,...
Testing for cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids in human specimens
Bull Acad Natl Med. 2020 Jun;204(6):577-582. doi: 10.1016/j.banm.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 16. ABSTRACT Among the 60 or so various cannabinoids which are present in cannabis...
A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives
PhytoKeys. 2020 Apr 3;144:81-112. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.144.46700. eCollection 2020. ABSTRACT Two kinds of drug-type Cannabis gained layman’s terms in the 1980s. “Sativa” had origins in South...
The Cannabis Proteome Draft Map Project
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jan 31;21(3):965. doi: 10.3390/ijms21030965. ABSTRACT Recently we have seen a relaxation of the historic restrictions on the use and subsequent...
Insecticidal activity and biochemical composition of Citrullus colocynthis, Cannabis indica and Artemisia argyi extracts against cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae L.)
Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 16;10(1):522. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-57092-5. ABSTRACT Plant extracts contain many active compounds, which are tremendously fruitful for plant defence against several insect pests....
The Use of Cannabis as a Treatment for Epilepsy in Adult Patients: Are Side Effects a Limitation of Use?
J Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Jan;37(1):9-14. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000637. ABSTRACT Marijuana is the dried leaves, stems, and flowers of a 1- to 5-m weed originating from Central...
Cannabis and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: An Updated Review
Acta Neurol Taiwan. 2019 Jun 15;28(2):27-39. ABSTRACT Cannabis plant has the scientific name called Cannabis sativa L. Cannabis plant has many species, but there are...
Missing Pieces to the Endocannabinoid Puzzle
Trends Mol Med. 2020 Mar;26(3):263-272. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.11.002. Epub 2019 Dec 7. ABSTRACT The most bioactive ingredient of cannabis (Cannabis sativa or indica) extracts, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),...
Genetic tools weed out misconceptions of strain reliability in Cannabis sativa: implications for a budding industry
J Cannabis Res. 2019 Jun 7;1(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s42238-019-0001-1. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Unlike other plants, Cannabis sativa is excluded from regulation by the United States Department of...
In vivo and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity evaluation of Lebanese Cannabis sativa L. ssp. indica (Lam.)
J Ethnopharmacol. 2021 Apr 24;270:113743. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113743. Epub 2020 Dec 24. ABSTRACT ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Cannabis sativa L. is an aromatic annual herb belonging to the...
Characterization of Cannabidiol in Alternative Biological Specimens and Urine, After Consumption of an Oral Capsule
J Anal Toxicol. 2020 Dec 5:bkaa191. doi: 10.1093/jat/bkaa191. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Among the hundred cannabinoids present in cannabis sativa indica, cannabidiol is a...