Citation

Russo EB. Chem. Biodivers. 2007; 4(8): 1614-1648.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta AG, Zürich, Switzerland, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/cbdv.200790144

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Cannabis sativa L. is possibly one of the oldest plants cultivated by man, but has remained a source of controversy throughout its history. Whether pariah or panacea, this most versatile botanical has provided a mirror to medicine and has pointed the way in the last two decades toward a host of medical challenges from analgesia to weight loss through the discovery of its myriad biochemical attributes and the endocannabinoid system wherein many of its components operate.