Evaluation of phytocannabinoids from high-potency Cannabis sativa using in vitro bioassays to determine structure-activity relationships for cannabinoid receptor 1 and cannabinoid receptor 2

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4295-4300

  Husni, Afeef S ^a   McCurdy, Christopher R ^a   Radwan, Mohamed M ^a   Ahmed, Safwat A ^a   Slade, Desmond ^a   Ross, Samir A ^a,b   Elsohly, Mahmoud A ^a,b   Cutler, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Cannabinoid receptor 1; Cannabinoid receptor 2; Cannabis; Structure activity relationship; Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933058636     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-014-0972-6     Document Type: Article

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