Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

JP Connor, D Stjepanović, B Le Foll, E Hoch… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is an underappreciated risk of using cannabis that affects~
10% of the 193 million cannabis users worldwide. The individual and public health burdens …

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 - Elsevier
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 …

Neuromicrobiology, an emerging neurometabolic facet of the gut microbiome?

S Miri, JD Yeo, S Abubaker, R Hammami - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The concept of the gut microbiome is emerging as a metabolic interactome influenced by
diet, xenobiotics, genetics, and other environmental factors that affect the host's absorption …

Cannabinoids and the expanded endocannabinoid system in neurological disorders

L Cristino, T Bisogno, V Di Marzo - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Anecdotal evidence that cannabis preparations have medical benefits together with the
discovery of the psychotropic plant cannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) initiated …

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 …

Palmitic acid: physiological role, metabolism and nutritional implications

G Carta, E Murru, S Banni, C Manca - Frontiers in physiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Palmitic acid (PA) has been for long time negatively depicted for its putative detrimental
health effects, shadowing its multiple crucial physiological activities. PA is the most common …

New approaches and challenges to targeting the endocannabinoid system

V Di Marzo - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2018 - nature.com
The endocannabinoid signalling system was discovered because receptors in this system
are the targets of compounds present in psychotropic preparations of Cannabis sativa. The …

Molecular hybridization: a powerful tool for multitarget drug discovery

P de Sena Murteira Pinheiro, LS Franco… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The current drug discovery paradigm of 'one drug, multiple targets' has gained
attention from both the academic medicinal chemistry community and the pharmaceutical …

Urea derivatives in modern drug discovery and medicinal chemistry

AK Ghosh, M Brindisi - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
The urea functionality is inherent to numerous bioactive compounds, including a variety of
clinically approved therapies. Urea containing compounds are increasingly used in …

An inflammation-centric view of neurological disease: beyond the neuron

SD Skaper, L Facci, M Zusso, P Giusti - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is a complex biological response fundamental to how the body deals with
injury and infection to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury and effect repair. Unlike a …