Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Cannabidiol

Sinemyiz Atalay, Iwona Jarocka-Karpowicz, Elźbieta Skrzydlewska
Antioxidants Summary & key facts 2019 765 citations

This review says cannabidiol (CBD) is a non‑psychoactive cannabis compound that has antioxidant and anti‑inflammatory actions in lab and some clinical studies. CBD can act directly to neutralize reactive molecules and indirectly by changing cell signals and antioxidant enzymes. Experiments in cells and animals show CBD lowers markers of oxidative…

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Diet, Metabolism, and Disease GABA and Rice Research

Comparative Pharmacokinetics of Commercially Available Cannabidiol Isolate, Broad-Spectrum, and Full-Spectrum Products

Erin C. Berthold, Shyam H. Kamble, Raju S. Kanumuri, Michelle A. Kuntz, Alexandria S. Senetra, Yi‐Hua Chiang, et al.

This study gave the same oral dose of cannabidiol (CBD) to male and female rats using three product types: isolate, broad‑spectrum, and full‑spectrum. When CBD was given as a full‑spectrum product that included about 0.2% THC, CBD blood levels were higher than with isolate or broad‑spectrum. Lab tests showed THC…

Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
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