Amnesia

Names and Synonyms

Common Names

• Amnesia
• hemp

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Regional and Traditional Names

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and is classified under the phylum Streptophyta and the class Equisetopsida. Within the subclass Magnoliidae, it is organized under the order Rosales and the family Cannabaceae. Ultimately, the medicinal species is identified by the genus Cannabis.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a notable presence across several regions within Northern Europe. In the coastal and mainland areas of Denmark, it can be found growing in various environments. It also extends its range northward into the expansive landscapes of Finland. Moving westward, the distribution includes the island territories of Great Britain and Ireland. Finally, the plant's reach continues through the rugged terrain of Norway.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Cannabis has 6 reported plant parts identified across 52 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include flower, leaf, seed, stem, root.

Flower

1. Expert review of neurotherapeutics
2. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
3. Journal of psychoactive drugs
4. Journal of cannabis research
5. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)

Leaf

1. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
2. Journal of cannabis research
3. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
4. Toxins
5. Scientific reports

Seed

1. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Frontiers in pharmacology
4. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
5. Database : the journal of biological databases and curation

Stem

1. Scientific reports
2. Frontiers in pharmacology
3. Forensic science international
4. Frontiers in microbiology

Root

1. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Scientific reports
3. Forensic science international

Fruit

1. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Chemicals

Cannabis has 40 reported phytochemicals identified across 52 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include cannabidiol, CBD, THC, Cannabinoids, TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL.

cannabidiol

1. Neuroscience letters
2. Scientific reports
3. ACS applied materials & interfaces
4. ACS sensors
5. Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics

CBD

1. ACS sensors
2. Forensic science international
3. PloS one
4. Current opinion in psychology
5. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

THC

1. ACS sensors
2. Forensic science international
3. PloS one
4. Current opinion in psychology
5. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Cannabinoids

1. International journal of molecular sciences
2. Current pharmaceutical design
3. IDrugs : the investigational drugs journal
4. Drug testing and analysis
5. Frontiers in plant science

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL

1. American journal of surgery
2. PloS one
3. Cannabis and cannabinoid research
4. Journal of experimental botany
5. ACS chemical neuroscience

Terpenes

1. Journal of cannabis research
2. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
3. Cannabis and cannabinoid research

Cannabinoid

1. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Flavonoids

1. Cannabis and cannabinoid research
2. IDrugs : the investigational drugs journal

Monoterpenes

1. Journal of cannabis research
2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Sesquiterpenes

1. Journal of cannabis research
2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Activities

Cannabis has 13 reported activities identified across 52 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Psychoactive, Anxiolytic, Anticonvulsant, Neuroprotective, Analgesic.

Psychoactive

1. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
2. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
3. Discover oncology
4. Journal of cannabis research
5. Therapeutic drug monitoring

Anxiolytic

1. Biomedicines
2. Journal of translational medicine
3. International journal of molecular sciences
4. Pharmacology & therapeutics
5. Cureus

Anticonvulsant

1. British journal of pharmacology
2. Current neurology and neuroscience reports
3. British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)
4. Scientific reports

Neuroprotective

1. Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology
2. International journal of molecular sciences
3. Pharmacology & therapeutics
4. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Analgesic

1. Cancers
2. International journal of molecular sciences
3. Cureus

Antiemetic

1. Biomedicines
2. Cancers
3. International journal of molecular sciences

Antidepressant

1. Pharmacology & therapeutics

Antimicrobial

1. Metabolites

Antinociceptive

1. Cannabis and cannabinoid research

Antioxidant

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Conditions

Cannabis has 94 reported investigations on conditions identified across 52 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include pain, epilepsy, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, cancer.

Pain

1. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
2. Current pain and headache reports
3. Journal of cannabis research
4. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
5. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)

Epilepsy

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences
3. The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology
4. British journal of pharmacology
5. South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Anxiety

1. Expert review of neurotherapeutics
2. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Journal of ethnopharmacology
4. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology
5. International journal of molecular sciences

Multiple sclerosis

1. Current pain and headache reports
2. Natural product research
3. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
4. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology
5. The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology

Cancer

1. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
2. Natural product research
3. Discover oncology
4. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences
5. European journal of clinical pharmacology

Nausea

1. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
2. International journal of molecular sciences
3. Current medicinal chemistry
4. American journal of surgery
5. European journal of clinical pharmacology

Inflammation

1. Recent patents on biotechnology
2. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society
4. International journal of molecular sciences
5. American journal of surgery

Depression

1. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Frontiers in psychiatry
4. British journal of pharmacology
5. BMC psychiatry

Insomnia

1. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
2. Frontiers in psychiatry
3. Journal of AOAC International
4. JAMA surgery
5. Expert opinion on investigational drugs

Vomiting

1. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Current medicinal chemistry
3. American journal of surgery
4. Journal of AOAC International
5. World journal of clinical cases

Preparations

Cannabis has 131 reported preparations identified across 52 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include cannabis extracts, cannabis extract, extracts, cannabis oil, Cannabis extracts.

Cannabis extracts

1. Clinical and experimental dental research
2. Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology
3. Medical cannabis and cannabinoids
4. Current pharmaceutical design
5. The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology

Cannabis extract

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Scientific reports
3. ImmunoTargets and therapy
4. Deutsches Arzteblatt international

Extracts

1. Biomolecules
2. Fitoterapia
3. Epidemiologia e prevenzione
4. Journal of dietary supplements

Cannabis oil

1. Medicina
2. Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
3. Journal of law and medicine

Cannabis extracts

1. Scientific reports
2. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)

Cannabis-based medicinal extracts

1. British journal of pharmacology
2. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)

Dried flowers

1. Journal of cannabis research
2. Journal of chromatography. A

Oil

1. Journal of chromatography. A
2. Cannabis and cannabinoid research

Plant extracts

1. ACS sensors
2. Journal of separation science

Smoked cannabis

1. Missouri medicine
2. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology