Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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
CANNABIDIOL 8 Sprout Seedling *
CANNABIDIOL-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.
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Bark *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Inflorescence *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Leaf *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 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.
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Pollen Or Spore *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Root *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID 3 Shoot *
CANNABIDIOLIC-ACID-TETRAHYDRO-CANNABITRIOL-ESTER 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.
CANNABIDIORCOL 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.
CANNABIDIVARIN 0 Inflorescence *
CANNABIDIVARIN 0 Plant *
CANNABIDIVARIN 0 Shoot *
CANNABIDIVARINIC-ACID 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.
CANNABIDIVARINIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
CANNABIDIVAROL 0 Inflorescence *
CANNABIDIVAROL 0 Plant *
CANNABIDIVAROLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Oxidant 2 (View) Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
P450-Inducer 1 (View) *
Percutaneostimulant 1 (View) Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 14 (View) *
Phagocytotic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytohormonal 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 (View) *
Prolactinogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 (View) *
Propecic 3 (View) *
Protisticide 1 (View) *
Respirainhibitor 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 (View) *
Respirastimulant 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Roborant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 (View) *
Sedative 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).