For centuries Cannabis sativa and cannabis extracts have been used in natural medicine.
Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main active ingredient of Cannabis. THC seems to be …

The investigation of natural and synthetic cannabinoid ligands, including (−)-Δ9-
tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabinol, cannabidiol, HU-210, HU-211, CT3, CP 55,940, WIN …

The present paper describes the historical use of cannabis, starting with its use in Assyria
and China. Recent advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of cannabis action …

After thousands of years of interest the last few decades have seen a huge increase in our
knowledge of the cannabinoids and their mode of action. Their potential as medical …

Research into the pharmacology of individual cannabinoids that began in the 1940s, several
decades after the presence of a cannabinoid was first detected in cannabis, is concisely …

Abbreviations.–AA, Arachidonic acid; AEA, arachidonoylethanolamide (anandamide); 2-AG,
2-arachidonoylglycerol; CNS, central nervous system; COX, cyclooxygenase; CRC …

The psychoactive component of the cannabis resin and flowers, delta9-
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was first isolated in 1964, and at least 70 other structurally …

PIP: Drugs derived from Cannabis sativa (Cannabinceae) were used until the 1940's for
their stimulant and depressant effects for treating somatic and psychiatric illnesses …

Current cannabinoid research is based on a number of major discoveries made by
Professor Raphael Mechoulam. In the mid-1960s, he, together with Professor Yechiel Gaoni …

The most important discoveries in pharmacology, such as certain classes of analgesics or
chemotherapeutics, started from natural extracts which have been found to have effects in …