Seminar - Biotechnology and Biosciences - Thursday September 28, 2023, 4.30pm, BIOS Building, 2nd Floor, Room 2025 / Webex
Mauro Maccarrone, Department of Applied Clinical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of L'Aquila and European Center for Brain Research, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome.
Chair of the Advanced Course Committee and Member of the Executive Committee of FEBS (2024-2027)
Abstract
The extracts of cannabis - one of the earliest cultivated plants - contain phytocannabinoids (pCBs) of therapeutic interest, such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), along with more than 500 active compounds. This complexity is even exceeded by that of the molecular targets that pCBs find in our body, most of which belong to the so-called “endocannabinoid (eCB) system”. Here, we describe the major pCBs and the main components of the eCB system, in order to appreciate their differences and mutual interactions, as well as the challenge of using pCB/eCB-based drugs as novel therapeutics to treat human diseases, both in the central nervous system and at the periphery.
Host: Antonella Ronchi
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