Nine New Cannabinoids Identified in Cannabis

ASA RESEARCH UPDATE

Discovery Brings Total to Nearly 80

Researchers at the University of Mississippi detected nine new cannabinoids in a cannabis variety with a high dronabinol content. Two of the new cannabinoids display significant antibacterial properties. The new cannabinoids bring to nearly 80 the number of active constituent components in the cannabis plant with potential to bind to the two types of cannabinoid receptors found in humans.

Of the new cannabinoids, two belong to the already-identified cannabichromene type (CBC), two to the cannabinol type (CBN), and one to the cannabigerol type (CBG) of cannabinoids. The two cannabinoids that show significant antibacterial activities include on of the CBN type cannabinoids (8-hydroxycannabinol).

International researchers have been working to identify the specific therapeutic properties and potential of each of the cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant.