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Cannabis Alkaloids

Nature volume 232, pages 258–259 (1971)Cite this article

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SCORES of studies scrutinizing psychotropic phenolic terpenoids (cannabinol derivatives) of Cannabis sativa L. (Moraceae) have diverted attention from the possible presence of other potentially active classes of compounds, such as alkaloids, in marijuana. Recently, simple nitrogenous zwitterionic compounds (muscarine, choline and trigonelline) as well as volatile, low molecular weight piperidines have been isolated from several related species including hemp1–4. But more complex compounds of the alkaloid type have not been reported.

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    FREDERICK K. KLEIN & HENRY RAPOPORT

  2. Department of Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, Orange County Medical Center, Orange, California, 92668

    HENRY W. ELLIOTT

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KLEIN, F., RAPOPORT, H. & ELLIOTT, H. Cannabis Alkaloids. Nature 232, 258–259 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232258a0

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