Cannabidiol - Recent advances

Raphael Mechoulam(corresponding author)
,
Maximilian Peters
,
Eric Murillo-Rodriguez
,
Lumír O. Hanuš

*Corresponding author for this work

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Review article

Research

Peer-review

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Review article

Research

Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1678-1692 (15 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Chemistry and Biodiversity (Volume 4, Issue 8)

Publication milestones

Published - 13/09/2007

Publication status

Published - 13/09/2007

ISSN

1612-1872

Publication IDs

Scopus: 34548515940
PubMed: 17712814

Abstract

The aim of this review is to present some of the recent publications on cannabidiol (CBD; 2), a major non-psychoactive constituent of Cannabis, and to give a general overview. Special emphasis is laid on biochemical and pharmacological advances, and on novel mechanisms recently put forward, to shed light on some of the pharmacological effects that can possibly be rationalized through these mechanisms. The plethora of positive pharmacological effects observed with CBD make this compound a highly attractive therapeutic entity.