Published: May 6, 2019 Abstract: Hemp, Cannabis sativa L., is a sustainable multipurpose fiber crop with high nutrient and water use efficiency and with biomass of excellent quality for textile fibers and construction materials. The yield and quality of hemp biomass...
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Genomic and Chemical Diversity in Cannabis
Published: February 22, 2017 Abstract: Plants of the Cannabis genus are the only prolific producers of phytocannabinoids, compounds that strongly interact with the evolutionarily ancient endocannabinoid receptors shared by most bilaterian taxa. For millennia, the...
Vaping Cannabis (Marijuana): Parallel Concerns to E-cigs?
Published: August 12, 2015 Abstract: The proliferation of vaporization (‘vaping’) as a method for administering cannabis raises many of the same public health issues being debated and investigated in relation to e-cigarettes (e-cigs). Good epidemiological data on the...