Current status and future prospects in cannabinoid production through in vitro culture and synthetic biology

M Hesami, M Pepe, A Baiton, AMP Jones - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
For centuries, cannabis has been a rich source of fibrous, pharmaceutical, and recreational
ingredients. Phytocannabinoids are the most important and well-known class of cannabis …

A Comprehensive Review on Cannabis sativa Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Molecular Docking and Biological Activities

S Hourfane, H Mechqoq, AY Bekkali, JM Rocha… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
For more than a century, Cannabis was considered a narcotic and has been banned by
lawmakers all over the world. In recent years, interest in this plant has increased due to its …

Large-scale whole-genome resequencing unravels the domestication history of Cannabis sativa

G Ren, X Zhang, Y Li, K Ridout… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Cannabis sativa has long been an important source of fiber extracted from hemp and both
medicinal and recreational drugs based on cannabinoid compounds. Here, we investigated …

Cannabis sativa: origin and history, glandular trichome development, and cannabinoid biosynthesis

Z **e, Y Mi, L Kong, M Gao, S Chen… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Is Cannabis a boon or bane? Cannabis sativa has long been a versatile crop for fiber
extraction (industrial hemp), traditional Chinese medicine (hemp seeds), and recreational …

[HTML][HTML] The neurotherapeutic arsenal in Cannabis sativa: Insights into anti-neuroinflammatory and neuroprotective activity and potential entourage effects

AK Al-Khazaleh, X Zhou, DJ Bhuyan, GW Münch… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cannabis, renowned for its historical medicinal use, harbours various bioactive compounds—
cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. While major cannabinoids like delta-9 …

The Genomics of Cannabis and Its Close Relatives

I Kovalchuk, M Pellino, P Rigault… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cannabis sativa L. is an important yet controversial plant with a long history of recreational,
medicinal, industrial, and agricultural use, and together with its sister genus Humulus, it …

Recent advances in cannabis biotechnology

M Hesami, M Pepe, M Alizadeh, A Rakei… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cannabis sativa L. is a high-value crop with a multi-billion dollar international market, yet
due to the long history of prohibition, there is a significant lack of research on the plant and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative FT-IR prospecting for cellulose in stems of some fiber plants: Flax, velvet leaf, hemp and jute

R Vârban, I Crișan, D Vârban, A Ona, L Olar, A Stoie… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This paper proposes several quality marker regions that could enable
fast FT-IR qualitative screening of lignocellulosic compounds in raw materials such as stems …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding Cannabis sativa L.: Current Status of Propagation, Use, Legalization, and Haploid-Inducer-Mediated Genetic Engineering

DC Simiyu, JH Jang, OR Lee - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cannabis sativa L. is an illegal plant in many countries. The worldwide criminalization of the
plant has for many years limited its research. Consequently, understanding the full scope of …

A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives

JM McPartland, E Small - PhytoKeys, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Two kinds of drug-type Cannabis gained layman's terms in the 1980s.“Sativa” had origins in
South Asia (India), with early historical dissemination to Southeast Asia, Africa, and the …