The cannabinoids: chemical, pharmacologic, and therapeutic by Stig Agurell

By Stig Agurell

The Cannabinoids: Chemical, Pharmacologic, and healing facets offers a complete dialogue of a number of the points of hashish and its components.
The booklet is geared up into six sections. part I covers the medical facets of hashish together with the future health facets, effect on reminiscence functionality, and the features and remedy of marijuana abusers. part II on chemical facets comprises stories at the chemistry and structure-activity relationships of cannabinoids; smoking features of marijuana cigarettes; and advancements in cannabinoid analyses of physique fluids. part III on metabolic and pharmacokinetic facets comprises stories at the metabolism, disposition, and pharmacokinetics of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in women and men; unmarried dose kinetics of cannabidiol in guy; and distribution and disposition of THC in numerous tissues of the rat.
Section IV on reproductive elements contain experiences at the results of continual management of THC at the early embryonic improvement of mice; results of cannabinoids on spermatogenesis in mice; and attainable mechanism for the mobile results of marijuana on male reproductive functionality. part V on neuropharmacologic points comprises reviews at the discriminative stimulus houses of THC and the consequences of cannabinoids on neurotransmitter receptors within the mind. part VI on healing elements comprises experiences akin to the prospective anxiolytic results of cannabidiol; tetrahydrocannabinol results on extrapyramidal motor behaviors in Parkinson's affliction; and using cannabinoids in glaucoma.

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