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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
0789015080
ISBN-13
9780789015082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1926498
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Publication Name
Cannabis and Cannabinoids : Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Clinical Medicine, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Allied Health Services / General, Herbal Medications
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
20.9 Oz
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2001-039103
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
* About the Editors* Contributors* Foreword* Preface* Definitions and Explanations* Part I: Botany, Taxonomy, Chemistry, and History* Chapter 1. Botany of Natural Cannabis Medicines* Introduction* Natural Life Cycle* Agricultural Field Production* Vegetative Crop Production* Resin Gland Development* Cannabis Origins* Cannabis Taxonomy* Medical Cannabis Today* Medical Cannabis Tomorrow* Conclusion* Chapter 2. Taxonomy of Cannabinoids* Phytocannabinoids* Synthetic Analogues* Anandamide Congeners* Receptor Antagonists* Chapter 3. Chemical Constituents of Cannabis* Chemical Constituents* Conclusion* Chapter 4. History of Cannabis in Western Medicine* Cannabis Before the Birth of Christ* Cannabis in the Classical Era* Hashish in the Arabic World* Hemp in Central Europe* Cannabis in European Medicine of the Eighteenth Century* Cannabis in Nineteenth-Century Western Medicine* The Positive Trend Holds True* 1880-1900: The Climax* Cannabis As a Medicine in the Twentieth Century* An Era Comes to an End* Conclusion* Part II: Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics* Chapter 5. Effects of Cannabis and the Cannabinoids* Effects on Psyche and Behavior* Central Nervous System and Neurochemistry* Circulatory System* Other Organ Systems and Effects* Tolerance* Drug Interactions* Cannabinoid Interactions* Actions of Other Cannabinoids* Chapter 6. Pharmacokinetics* General* Absorption and Bioavailability* Distribution* Metabolism* Excretion* Plasma Levels versus Administration Route* Chapter 7. Sites and Mechanisms of Action* The Endogenous Cannabinoid System* Cannabinoid Receptor Ligands* Palmitylethanolamide* Inhibitors of Endogenous Cannabinoid Tissue Uptake or Metabolism* Other Types of Cannabinoid Receptors* Concluding Discussion* Chapter 8. Mechanisms of Cannabinoid Analgesia* Pharmacological Actions of Cannabis sativa* Do Cannabinoids Have Analgesic Activity?* An Endogenous Cannabinoid Pain Control System* Cannabinoids and Central Analgesic Pathways* Cellular Actions of Cannabinoids in Pain Pathways* Summary* Chapter 9. Cannabinoids As Neuroprotectants Against Ischemia* Introduction* Cannabinoids and Ischemia* Cannabinoid Receptors and Presynaptic Calcium Channels* Cannabinoid Receptors and Postsynaptic Calcium Channels* The Cannabinoid System As an Endogenous Regulator of Calcium Influx* Cannabinoids and NMDA Receptor Blockade* Oxidants and Ischemia* Cannabinoids As Neuroprotective Antioxidants* Chapter 10. Possible Mechanisms in Autoimmune Diseases* Part III: Indications for Cannabis and THC* Chapter 11. Review of Therapeutic Effects* Hierarchy of Therapeutic Effects* Indications* Surveys* Chapter 12. Medical Use of Cannabis: Experience in California* Effects of Proposition 215* Usage Surveys* Chapter 13. Anorexia and Cachexia* Anorexia and Cachexia in Cancer Patients* Mechanisms of Cancer Cachexia* Anorexia and Cachexia in AIDS Patients: Wasting Syndrome* Cannabis, 9-THC, and Cancer Cachexia/AIDS Wasting* Conclusion* Chapter 14. Antiemetic Effects of Cannabinoids* Antiemetics in Clinical Use* Rationale for the Use of Cannabinoids As Antiemetics* Clinical Data* Current Role of Cannabinoids As Antiemetics* Chapter 15. Pain Therapy* Pain Disorders and Their Treatments* Theoretical and Experimental Data* Clinical Trail Data and Case Histories* Summary* Chapter 16. Migraine* Migraine and Its Symptoms* Standard Treatment of Migraine* Clinical History of Cannabis in Migraine Treatment* Theoretical and Experimental Data with THC Pertinent to Migraine* Value and Place of Cannabis in Migraine Treatment* Chapter 17. Spasti
Synopsis
Study the latest research findings by international experts This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. All too often, discussions of the potential medical uses of this substance are distorted by political considerations that have no place in a medical debate. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential features fair, equitable discussion of this emerging and controversial medical topic by the world's foremost researchers. Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines the benefits, drawbacks, and side effects of medical marijuana as a treatment for various conditions and diseases. This book discusses the scientific basis for marijuana's use in cases of pain, nausea, anorexia, and cachexia. It also explores its possible benefits in glaucoma, ischemia, spastic disorders, and migraine. Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines all facets of the medical use of marijuana, including: botany history biochemistry pharmacology clinical use toxicology side effects Cannabis and Cannabinoids is a reference work that will become indispensable to physicians, psychologists, researchers, biochemists, graduate students, and interested members of the public. No other book available offers this comprehensive, even-handed look at a deeply divisive subject., This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential features fair, equitable discussion of the benefits, drawbacks, and side effects of medical marijuana as a treatment for pain, nausea, anorexia, cachexia, glaucoma, ischemia, spastic disorders, and migraine. It examines all facets of the medical use of marijuana, including botany, history, biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical use, toxicology, and side effects. No other book available offers such a comprehensive, even-handed look at this deeply divisive subject., Study the latest research findings by international experts!This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. All too often, discussions of the potential medical uses of this substance are distorted by political considerations that have no place in a medical debate. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential features fair, equitable discussion of this emerging and controversial medical topic by the world's foremost researchers.Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines the benefits, drawbacks, and side effects of medical marijuana as a treatment for various conditions and diseases. This book discusses the scientific basis for marijuana's use in cases of pain, nausea, anorexia, and cachexia. It also explores its possible benefits in glaucoma, ischemia, spastic disorders, and migraine.Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines all facets of the medical use of marijuana, including: botany history biochemistry pharmacology clinical use toxicology side effectsCannabis and Cannabinoids is a reference work that will become indispensable to physicians, psychologists, researchers, biochemists, graduate students, and interested members of the public. No other book available offers this comprehensive, even-handed look at a deeply divisive subject., Study the latest research findings by international experts! This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. All too often, discussions of the potential medical uses of this substance are distorted by political considerations that have no place in a medical debate. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential features fair, equitable discussion of this emerging and controversial medical topic by the world's foremost researchers. Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines the benefits, drawbacks, and side effects of medical marijuana as a treatment for various conditions and diseases. This book discusses the scientific basis for marijuana's use in cases of pain, nausea, anorexia, and cachexia. It also explores its possible benefits in glaucoma, ischemia, spastic disorders, and migraine. Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines all facets of the medical use of marijuana, including: botany history biochemistry pharmacology clinical use toxicology side effects Cannabis and Cannabinoids is a reference work that will become indispensable to physicians, psychologists, researchers, biochemists, graduate students, and interested members of the public. No other book available offers this comprehensive, even-handed look at a deeply divisive subject.
LC Classification Number
RM666.C266C667 2002
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