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From ancient Asian relics to contemporaneity: A review of historical and chemical aspects of Cannabis

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Published: Sep 30, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5155/eurjchem.14.3.393-400.2442
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Cannabinoids, Phytochemistry, Pharmaceuticals, History of science, Structure elucidation, Traditional medicine
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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023): September 2023
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Received 2023-04-17
Accepted 2023-06-04
Published 2023-09-30
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Gabriel Vitor de Lima Marques
Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-5555
Renata Barbosa de Oliveira
Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5884-2567

Abstract

From the Himalayan mountains to the South American coast, Cannabis, a general term for plants of the genus Cannabis, with thousands of years of contact with humankind, shows its versatility as food tools such as hemp, religious and hedonistic input, and other purposes through the millennia, according to the populations in question. In this paper, a review of the context of the use of Cannabis and its place in world history is presented, from ancient Mesopotamian relics, traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicines, to the reasoning behind the isolation and structural elucidation of three phytocannabinoids and the spread of Cannabis throughout the world.


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Marques, G. V. de L.; Oliveira, R. B. de. From Ancient Asian Relics to Contemporaneity: A Review of Historical and Chemical Aspects of Cannabis. Eur. J. Chem. 2023, 14, 393-400.

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