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Phytocannabinoids

Unraveling the Complex Chemistry and Pharmacology of Cannabis sativa

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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products (POGRCHEM, volume 103)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Phytochemistry of Cannabis sativa L.

    • Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Mohamed M. Radwan, Waseem Gul, Suman Chandra, Ahmed Galal
    Pages 1-36
  3. Synthesis of Phytocannabinoids

    • Michael A. Schafroth, Erick M. Carreira
    Pages 37-59
  4. Molecular Pharmacology of Phytocannabinoids

    • Sarah E. Turner, Claire M. Williams, Leslie Iversen, Benjamin J. Whalley
    Pages 61-101
  5. Molecular Targets of the Phytocannabinoids: A Complex Picture

    • Paula Morales, Dow P. Hurst, Patricia H. Reggio
    Pages 103-131

About this book

The book presents the current state of the art on phytocannnabinoid chemistry and pharmacology and will be of much use to those wishing to understand the current landscape of the exciting and intriguing phytocannabinoid science. The focus is on natural product cannabinoids which have been demonstrated to act at specific receptor targets in the CNS.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    A. Douglas Kinghorn

  • Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

    Heinz Falk

  • Research Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom

    Simon Gibbons

  • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Phytocannabinoids

  • Book Subtitle: Unraveling the Complex Chemistry and Pharmacology of Cannabis sativa

  • Editors: A. Douglas Kinghorn, Heinz Falk, Simon Gibbons, Jun'ichi Kobayashi

  • Series Title: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45541-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45539-6Published: 31 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83316-3Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45541-9Published: 24 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2191-7043

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-4309

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 131

  • Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Medical Biochemistry

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eBook USD 299.00
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Softcover Book USD 379.99
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Hardcover Book USD 379.99
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