Phytocannabinoids beyond the Cannabis plant - Do they exist?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 523-529

  Gertsch, Jürg ^a   Pertwee, Roger G ^b   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Cannabis; Endocannabinoid system; Phytocannabinoid; Plant natural products

Indexed keywords

3 INDOLEMETHANOL; 3,3' DIINDOLYLMETHANE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CURCUMIN; DRONABINOL; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; KAEMPFEROL; N ACYLETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PANAXYNOL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PRISTIMERIN; RESVERATROL; RUTAMARIN; SALVINORIN A; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; TERPENE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; FATTY ACIDS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; TERPENES;

EID: 77952635291     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00745.x     Document Type: Review

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