http://cannabination.com/2010/07/12/scientists-find-new-sources-of-plant-cannabinoids/ The latest research on Medical Cannabis Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:56:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://cannabination.com/2010/07/12/scientists-find-new-sources-of-plant-cannabinoids/comment-page-1/#comment-28 dotdotdot Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:19:39 +0000 http://cannabination.com/?p=374#comment-28 ...I thought animals would want to be persuaded to eat the buds..along with the seeds which would be scattered in dung across whatever lucky patch of land lay there. Why not say cannabinoids along with the skunky smell of the buds entice animals to eat it? If it was a defense why would it only produce cannabinoids during bloom? …I thought animals would want to be persuaded to eat the buds..along with the seeds which would be scattered in dung across whatever lucky patch of land lay there. Why not say cannabinoids along with the skunky smell of the buds entice animals to eat it? If it was a defense why would it only produce cannabinoids during bloom?

]]> http://cannabination.com/2010/07/12/scientists-find-new-sources-of-plant-cannabinoids/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Edward Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:04:15 +0000 http://cannabination.com/?p=374#comment-25 The presence of similar compounds in other plant genus suggests that the production of cannabinoids by the hemp group may rely on some common and some unique biochemistry. However, the vast variety of cannabinoids found in hemp suggest these are produced as a defense against being eaten by vertebrates rather than as an intrinsic plant system of signaling. Signaling molecules are generally limited in variety and there are dozens in the hemp genus, one of which humans have selectively bred to magnify the psychoactive effects. That would imply that phytocannabinoids truly are poisons. The presence of similar compounds in other plant genus suggests that the production of cannabinoids by the hemp group may rely on some common and some unique biochemistry. However, the vast variety of cannabinoids found in hemp suggest these are produced as a defense against being eaten by vertebrates rather than as an intrinsic plant system of signaling. Signaling molecules are generally limited in variety and there are dozens in the hemp genus, one of which humans have selectively bred to magnify the psychoactive effects. That would imply that phytocannabinoids truly are poisons.

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