Another active compound researchers are calling a cannabinoid has been discovered in another plant species that grows wild like a weed all over Brazil, further showing that cannabis compound ...

The plant contains CBD but no THC. (By João Medeiros - Trema micrantha, CC BY 2.0) Cannabidiol, or CBD, has already sparked a health craze around the world, but researchers have now found the ...

Scientists have stumbled upon findings that are a bit hazy in their implications. A compound typically housed in cannabis was discovered in an entirely different plant. ScienceAlert reports how a team ...

In the lush Brazilian forests, an unremarkable shrub grows wild and unnoticed, often dismissed as a common weed. But scientists have now revealed that this ordinary plant may contain an extraordinary ...

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The fast-growing, homely plant, Trema micrantha blume, is native to the Americas, where it is widespread and often considered a weed. But Moura Neto recently discovered its fruits and flowers contain ...

The plant is known as Trema micrantha blume. Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in marijuana known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the ...

cannabidiol (CBD) contained in cannabis have become popular. CBD was discovered in a plant other than the cannabis commonly grown in Brazil, raising hopes for further expansion of CBD production.

Researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) have identified cannabidiol (CBD) in the fruit and flower of a native Brazilian species, the Trema micrantha Blume. The discovery could ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – In a laboratory tucked away on a sprawling university campus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto is running tests on a seemingly ordinary plant ...