The endocannabinoid system: a potential target for the treatment of various diseases

H Lowe, N Toyang, B Steele, J Bryant… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) is primarily responsible for maintaining homeostasis, a
balance in internal environment (temperature, mood, and immune system) and energy input …

Therapeutic potential of cannabis, cannabidiol, and cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals

CA Legare, WM Raup-Konsavage, KE Vrana - Pharmacology, 2022 - karger.com
Background: There is a growing interest in the use of cannabis (and its extracts), as well as
CBD oil (hemp extracts containing cannabidiol), for therapeutic purposes. While there is …

Complete biosynthesis of cannabinoids and their unnatural analogues in yeast

X Luo, MA Reiter, L d'Espaux, J Wong, CM Denby… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cannabis sativa L. has been cultivated and used around the globe for its medicinal
properties for millennia 1. Some cannabinoids, the hallmark constituents of Cannabis, and …

Amide bond bioisosteres: Strategies, synthesis, and successes

S Kumari, AV Carmona, AK Tiwari… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The amide functional group plays a key role in the composition of biomolecules, including
many clinically approved drugs. Bioisosterism is widely employed in the rational …

Cannabinoid receptors and the endocannabinoid system: signaling and function in the central nervous system

S Zou, U Kumar - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The biological effects of cannabinoids, the major constituents of the ancient medicinal plant
Cannabis sativa (marijuana) are mediated by two members of the G-protein coupled …

Goods and bads of the endocannabinoid system as a therapeutic target: Lessons learned after 30 years

M Maccarrone, V Di Marzo, J Gertsch, U Grether… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - ASPET
The cannabis derivative marijuana is the most widely used recreational drug in the Western
world and is consumed by an estimated 83 million individuals (∼ 3% of the world …

General pathways of pain sensation and the major neurotransmitters involved in pain regulation

MF Yam, YC Loh, CS Tan, S Khadijah Adam… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pain has been considered as a concept of sensation that we feel as a reaction to the
stimulus of our surrounding, putting us in harm's way and acting as a form of defense …

Cannabinoids, the endocannabinoid system, and pain: a review of preclinical studies

DP Finn, S Haroutounian, AG Hohmann, E Krane… - Pain, 2021 - journals.lww.com
This narrative review represents an output from the International Association for the Study of
Pain's global task force on the use of cannabis, cannabinoids, and cannabis-based …

Microbial regulation of organismal energy homeostasis

PD Cani, M Van Hul, C Lefort, C Depommier… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The gut microbiome has emerged as a key regulator of host metabolism. Here we review the
various mechanisms through which the gut microbiome influences the energy metabolism of …

Practical considerations in medical cannabis administration and dosing

CA MacCallum, EB Russo - European journal of internal medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Cannabis has been employed medicinally throughout history, but its recent legal prohibition,
biochemical complexity and variability, quality control issues, previous dearth of …