Cannabidiol: a potential new alternative for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and psychotic disorders

MS García-Gutiérrez, F Navarrete, A Gasparyan… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The potential therapeutic use of some Cannabis sativa plant compounds has been attracting
great interest, especially for managing neuropsychiatric disorders due to the relative lack of …

From phytocannabinoids to cannabinoid receptors and endocannabinoids: pleiotropic physiological and pathological roles through complex pharmacology

A Ligresti, L De Petrocellis… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Apart from having been used and misused for at least four millennia for, among others,
recreational and medicinal purposes, the cannabis plant and its most peculiar chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targets of cannabidiol in neurological disorders

CI Bih, T Chen, AVW Nunn, M Bazelot, M Dallas… - …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cannabis has a long history of anecdotal medicinal use and limited licensed medicinal use.
Until recently, alleged clinical effects from anecdotal reports and the use of licensed …

Cannabidiol as a therapeutic target: evidence of its neuroprotective and neuromodulatory function in Parkinson's disease

F Patricio, AA Morales-Andrade… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The phytocannabinoids of Cannabis sativa L. have, since ancient times, been proposed as a
pharmacological alternative for treating various central nervous system (CNS) disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoids and epilepsy

EC Rosenberg, RW Tsien, BJ Whalley, O Devinsky - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Cannabis has been used for centuries to treat seizures. Recent anecdotal reports,
accumulating animal model data, and mechanistic insights have raised interest in cannabis …

Molecular pharmacology of phytocannabinoids

SE Turner, CM Williams, L Iversen… - … : unraveling the complex …, 2017 - Springer
Cannabis sativa has been used for recreational, therapeutic and other uses for thousands of
years. The plant contains more than 120 C 21 terpenophenolic constituents named …

Multiple mechanisms involved in the large-spectrum therapeutic potential of cannabidiol in psychiatric disorders

AC Campos, FA Moreira, FV Gomes… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a major phytocannabinoid present in the Cannabis sativa plant. It
lacks the psychotomimetic and other psychotropic effects that the main plant compound Δ 9 …

Pharmacological and therapeutic properties of cannabidiol for epilepsy

V Franco, E Perucca - Drugs, 2019 - Springer
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a major active component of the Cannabis plant, which, unlike
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is devoid of euphoria-inducing properties. During the last 10 …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of action of cannabidiol

N Martinez Naya, J Kelly, G Corna, M Golino, A Abbate… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the primary non-psychoactive chemical from Cannabis Sativa, a plant
used for centuries for both recreational and medicinal purposes. CBD lacks the psychotropic …

Cannabis sativa: Much more beyond Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

P Alves, C Amaral, N Teixeira… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cannabis is the most used illicit drug worldwide and its medicinal use is under discussion,
being regulated in several countries. However, the psychotropic effects of Δ 9 …