A clinician's guide to cannabinoid science
by James, Steven, (Professor of psychiatry)
"Plants have been a plentiful source of useful drugs and remedies throughout human history. In the early nineteenth century Friedrich Serturner isolated morphine from the opium plant. By 1827, morphine was marketed by Merck in Germany and the origins of the modern pharmaceutical industry began. Over the remainder of the nineteenth century further advances in organic chemistry led to identification of other drugs from plant material. Examples of important medicines developed from plants included…
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- Full title :A clinician's guide to cannabinoid science / Steven James, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego.
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"Plants have been a plentiful source of useful drugs and remedies throughout human history. In the early nineteenth century Friedrich Serturner isolated morphine from the opium plant. By 1827, morphine was marketed by Merck in Germany and the origins of the modern pharmaceutical industry began. Over the remainder of the nineteenth century further advances in organic chemistry led to identification of other drugs from plant material. Examples of important medicines developed from plants included quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree for the treatment of malaria and salicylic acid from the willow tree that eventually led to the development of aspirin (Anderson 2005)"--
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- Publication Date:©2021
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 155 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781108730754, 1108730752
- oclc:on1158509754
- LC Classification:RM666.C266
- Dewey Decimal:615.7/827
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Section 1 An Introduction to Cannabinoid Science -- 1.An Introduction to the Botany and History of Cannabinoids -- 2.#x1B;(Se#x1B;(B9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD) -- 3.The Endocannabinoids -- 4.Approved Cannabinoid Medicines for Therapeutic Use -- 5.The Safety of Phytocannabinoids and Cannabinoids in Clinical Practice -- Section 2 Potential Therapeutic Uses of Cannabinoids in Clinical Practice -- 6.Cannabinoids and Pain -- 7.Cannabinoids and Neuropsychiatry -- 8.Cannabinoids in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms -- 9.Cannabinoids and Inflammation and Autoimmune Disorders -- 10.Cannabinoids and the Eye -- 11.Cannabinoids and the Skin.
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