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Plant Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae)

Common Names
Marijuana; Marihuana; Indian Hemp; Hemp
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies Author
(LAM.) E. SMALL & CRONQUIST
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CANNABINOL-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANNFLAVINS 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CANNIBIDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCANNABIFURAN 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-1-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hallucinogenic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 8 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.