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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae)

Common Names
Marijuana; Marihuana; Indian Hemp; Hemp
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies Author
(LAM.) E. SMALL & CRONQUIST

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Seed 200000.0 314000.0 0.71 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.7 2.0 -0.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SEC-BUTYLAMINE 0 Plant Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
SILICON-DIOXIDE 0 Seed 5475.0 8450.0 -1.00 *
SODIUM-OXIDE 0 Seed 360.0 550.0 -1.00 *
SULFUR-OXIDE 0 Seed 85.0 135.0 -1.00 *
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 16 Plant Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.2 3.7 -0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Essential Oil *
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Plant Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
TRIGONELLINE 15 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Seed 87500.0 136000.0 -0.35 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Allelochemic 1 *
Allelopathic 2 *
Allergenic 4 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 9 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 3 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anorexic 1 *
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *