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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
CANNABINOL-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 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.
CANNABISATIVINE 0 Plant *
CANNFLAVINS 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CANNIBIDIOL 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CANNIBIDIOLIC-ACID 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CHLORIDE 0 Seed 35.0 55.0 -0.75 *
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Essential Oil *
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 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.
DEHYDROCANNABIELSOIN-I 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
DEHYDROCANNABIFURAN 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.
DEHYDROCANNABIFURAN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
DELTA-1-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Inflorescence *
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Plant *
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Root *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Inflorescence *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Plant *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Pollen Or Spore *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacne 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging 2 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 *
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialopecic 2 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 *
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 *
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antianorectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th