Canna~Fangled Abstracts

Cannabidiol–recent advances.

By August 4, 2007No Comments

pm8Cannabidiol–recent advances.

Source

Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, Hebrew University Medical Faculty, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. mechou@cc.huji.ac.il

Abstract

The aim of this review is to present some of the recent publications on cannabidiol (CBD; 2), a major non-psychoactive constituent ofCannabis, and to give a general overview. Special emphasis is laid on biochemical and pharmacological advances, and on novel mechanisms recently put forward, to shed light on some of the pharmacological effects that can possibly be rationalized through these mechanisms. The plethora of positive pharmacological effects observed with CBD make this compound a highly attractive therapeutic entity.
PMID:

 17712814
[PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]