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CBD Topical Medicine: What Does the Science Say?

Project CBD

Consider it a testament to the ubiquity and flexibility of the endocannabinoid system: we can inhale medicinal cannabinoids via combustion or vaporization; ingest them via food or drink; and absorb them directly through the skin, the bodys largest organ. Let us know References: 1. A lot of work remains to be done, they write.

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Finding Rare Cannabinoids in Non-Cannabis Plants

Project CBD

Cannabinoids, as they are known, exist in cannabis. Researchers from Israel’s Weizmann Institute recently reported that they found cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) and other rare cannabinoids in Helichrysum umbraculigerum, a perennial shrub informally known as the woolly umbrella. umbraculigerum flowers. move through the trichome.

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Cannabinoids: THC

FloridaMarijuana.net

Cannabis contains chemical compounds that have varying pharmacological and medicinal properties. Science supports what humans have known for centuries: that the cannabis plant offers a variety of medicinal properties. Cannabinoid Receptors , referred to as CB1 and CB2, are an essential part of the human body’s endocannabinoid system.

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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Terpenes interact with cannabinoids and are integral to what scientists call “the entourage effect” of whole plant medicine. This essentially means that the sum of the cannabis plant’s parts is greater than any individual cannabinoid (such as CBD or THC) or terpene.

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What Is Medicinal Cannabis, and How to Choose a Medicinal Cannabis Strain?

Sensi Seeds

Medicinal cannabis, also known as medical marijuana, refers to cannabis when it is used to treat or relieve a complaint or condition, rather than for recreational or spiritual purposes. Any type of cannabis which contains an effective amount of cannabinoids can be considered medicinal cannabis if it is used for that purpose.

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Jamaican Lion: The Industry’s First Comprehensive Cannabis Reference Genome

Medicinal Genomics

Medicinal Genomics Corporation (MGC), a pioneer in using genomics to improve the transparency, safety and yield of cannabis has today announced the industry’s most comprehensive Cannabis reference genome, a high quality de novo genome assembly of the Jamaican Lion cannabis strain.

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Which Terpenes Enhance the Cannabis High?

Project CBD

Ten years ago, most cannabis consumers couldn’t tell a terpene from a cannabinoid. A 2021 study 2 by University of Arizona scientists concluded that certain terpenes are “cannabimimetic” (in a mouse model of cannabis intoxication) and can selectively enhance cannabinoid activity. But today things are different.

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