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Cannabis: Cannabinoids, Physiology, and Receptor Evolution
Description
The Cannabis plant has historical roots with human beings. The plant produces compounds called cannabinoids, which are responsible for the physiological affects of Cannabis and make it a research candidate for medicinal use. Analysis of the plant and its components will help build a better database that could be used to develop a complete roster of medicinal benefits. Research regarding the cellular protein receptors that bind the cannabinoids may not only help provide reasons explaining why the Cannabis plant could be medicinally relevant, but will also help explain how the receptors originated. The receptors may have been present in organisms before the present day Cannabis plant. So why would there be receptors that bind to cannabinoids? Searching for an endocannabinoid system could help explain the purpose of the cannabinoid receptors and their current structures in humans. Using genetic technologies we are able to take a closer look into the evolutionary history of cannabinoids and the receptors that bind them.
Date Created
2014-05
Contributors
- Salasnek, Reed Samuel (Author)
- Capco, David (Thesis director)
- Mangone, Marco (Committee member)
- Stump, Edmund (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
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31 pages
Language
eng
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2013-2014
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.23073
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minimal
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