Phytochemical and genetic analyses of ancient cannabis from Central Asia

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4171-4182

  Russo, Ethan B ^a,b,c   Jiang, Hong En ^d,e   Li, Xiao ^e   Sutton, Alan ^b   Carboni, Andrea ^f   Del Bianco, Francesca ^f   Mandolino, Giuseppe ^f   Potter, David J ^b   Zhao, You Xing ^g   Bera, Subir ^h   Zhang, Yong Bing ^e   Lü, En Guo ⁱ   Ferguson, David K ^j   Hueber, Francis ^k   Zhao, Liang Cheng ^l   Liu, Chang Jiang ^d   Wang, Yu Fei ^d   Li, Cheng Sen ^e,m  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Porton Down Science Park   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e Bureau of Cultural Relics of Turpan Prefecture   (China)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^g KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

ⁱ Xinjiang Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k Beijing Museum of Natural History ^*  (United States)

^l BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

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Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Archaeology; Botany; Cannabinoids; Cannabis; Ethnopharmacology; Genetics; Medical history; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

CANNABIDIOL; CANNABIS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABIS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 57149125651     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern260     Document Type: Article

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