Synthetic Version of CBD Treats Seizures in Rats (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Synthetic Version of CBD Treats Seizures in Rats

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CBD from extracts of cannabis or hemp plants could be used to treat epilepsy and other conditions. UC Davis chemists have come up with a way to make a synthetic version of CBD and showed that it is as effective as herbal CBD in treating seizures in rats. Left to right: chemical structures of THC and CBD from plants, and of synthetic H2CBD.

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Mascal laboratory, UC Davis

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