Cannabis Hemp

CS214 Khan, N. A. and S. S. Hasan. Effect of cannabis hemp (hashish) on normal and rats subjected to psychological stress. Proc Indian Acad Sci Anim Sci 1984 93(2) 121-129. 

CS411 Stokes, ]. R., R. Hartel, L. B. Ford, and T. B. Casale. Cannabis (hemp) positive skin tests and respiratory symptoms. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol... 

Cannabis sativa (Marijuana, cannabis, hemp, hashish)... 

A drug produced from the resin that covers the flowers of the cannabis hemp plant. The resin generally contains a greater ( ncentration of the drug s psychoactive properties. 

Group of compounds which naturally occur in the hemp plant, Cannabis saiiva. Most of them are unsoluble in water. The most abundant cannabinoids are A9--tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), its precursor cannabidiol and cannabinol, which is formed spontaneously from THC. Cannabinoids exert their effects through G-protein coupled cannabinoid receptors (CBi/CB2). 

Marijuana is the name given to the dried leaves and flower heads of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, prepared as a smoking mixture. 

THC is the most abundant and most active cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. It constitutes I... 

Esparto (Stipa tenadssima) grass Hemp (Cannabis sativa) plants Two species of Corchorus plants Flax (Linum usitatissimum) plants Hibiscus (Hibiscus cannabinus) plants Bohemia nivea grass... 

O Shaughnessy, W. B. On the preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah (cannabis indica) their effects on the animal system in health, and their utility in the treatment of tetanus and other convulsive diseases. Provincial Medical Journal and Retrospect on the Medical Sciences, London, 1843 5 343-398. 

In America, George Washington was a hemp farmer, although it seems that there was little knowledge of the intoxicating properties of the plant until Mexican immigrants later introduced social consumption of the plant. By the 19th century, cannabis use had spread from the Middle East to the artists and writers of Europe, most notably by Le Club des Haschischins (The Club of Hashish Eaters) in Paris, and as a result popular fiction also raised the profile of cannabis use thanks to the... 

This finding was predated by the three-volume report of the Indian Hemp Commission from 1898, when Queen Victoria s government concluded that the smoking of cannabis, or hemp, did not impair the work rates of farm labourers in the Indian subcontinent. However, it should be emphasised that these reports were concerned with old-fashioned natural cannabis, whose THC content was around 1-2% this was the type used by hippies in the 1960s. But, during the 1970s selective plant breeding and hydroponic plant cultures led to increased THC values of around... 

These hallucinogenic properties were recognized when Cannabis was administered in a variety of ways. The Scythians threw hemp seeds on hot rocks... 

Cannabis is one of civiiization s oidest cuitivated nonfood plants, and does not seem to exist anymore in its wiid form (figure 10.1). In addition to its psychoactive effects, the cannabis plant has also been used for its fibers. Hemp fibers have been found in China dating from 4000 B.C.E., and hemp ropes were dated to 3000 B.C.E. in Turkestan, but it is not certain that cannabis was used for psychoactive purposes at those piaces and times (Schuites and Hofman 1992). 

The psychoactive compounds in the hemp plant. Cannabis sativa, are known as cannabinoids the principal one is tetrahydrocannabinol. It is used as a recreational drug either in the form of dried leaves and flowers (cannabis. 

Hemp Cannabis sativa Flowers, leaves Marihuana tetrahydrocannabinol Smoked Sedative Worldwide Origin China... 

Cannabis sativa L. (hemp) is a dioecious annual flowering plant. Marihuana is the Spanish name for the dried leaves and female flowering tops of the hemp plant. Hashish is the resin which originates from these female flowering tops. The hemp s natural homeland is most likely in the regions north of Afghanistan and the Altai mountains of southern Siberia (Russia). It is not clear when and where cultivation of hemp Cannabis sativa L.) started. It seems most likely that the cultivation of hemp may have originated in northeastern Asia (north and north-east China and southeastern Siberia). 

CANNABIS SATIVA (HEMP) AND ITS TYPICAL CANNABINOID COMPONENTS... 

In their next study, Shoyama and Nishioka isolated new spirocom-pounds cannabispirol and acetyl cannabispirol. This is in addition to the already known cannabispirone and cannabispirenone from a Japanese hemp variety. The two scientists included them in their biogenetic schema alongside the cannabinoid acids. In a further study, Shoyama et al. dealt with the biosynthesis of propylcannabinoid acids by in vitro incubation with raw enzyme solution from three species of Cannabis sativa KL. A biogenetic schema is presented illustrating the relationship between methyl, propyl and pentyl cannabinoid acids. 

Benet S, Early Diffusion and Folk Uses of Hemp in V. Rubin (ed.). Cannabis and Culture, T e Hague, Mouton, pp. 39—49, 1975. 

The hemp plant, or cannabis (Cannabis saliva), continues to be the most frequently abused illicit substance in America. The dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant are referred to as marijuana, and it is typically smoked in pipes or rolled as cigarettes. It also may be consumed in baked goods. Hashish is a solid black resinous material obtained from the leaves of the plant and is usually smoked in a pipe. 

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