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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.
Vulnerary 2 Duke, 1992 *