chemotherapeutics, started from natural extracts which have been found to have effects in
traditional medicine. Cannabis, traditionally used in Asia for the treatment of pain, nausea,
spasms, sleep, depression, and low appetite, is still a good candidate for the development of
new compounds. If initially all attention was directed to the endocannabinoid system, recent
studies suggest that many of the clinically proven effects are based on an intrinsic chain of …
The most important discoveries in pharmacology, such as certain classes of analgesics or
chemotherapeutics, started from natural extracts which have been found to have effects in
traditional medicine. Cannabis, traditionally used in Asia for the treatment of pain, nausea,
spasms, sleep, depression, and low appetite, is still a good candidate for the development of
new compounds. If initially all attention was directed to the endocannabinoid system, recent
studies suggest that many of the clinically proven effects are based on an intrinsic chain of …