Cannabidiol from the cannabis plant has potential to prevent and inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection. The rapid spread of COVID-19 underscores the need for new treatments. Here we report that cannabidiol (CBD), acompound produced by the cannabis plant, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection. CBD and its metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, but not congeneric cannabinoids, potently block SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial […]
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the main constituents of the plant Cannabis sativa. Surveys suggest that medicinal cannabis is popular amongst people diagnosed with cancer. CBD is one of the key constituents of cannabis, and does not have the potentially intoxicating effects that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the other key phytocannabinoid has. Research indicates the CBD may […]
Among the many cannabinoids in the cannabis plant, cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound that does not produce the typical subjective effects of marijuana. After a boom in the 1970s, the number of studies on CBD over the two decades that followed became stable, indicating a fall in the interest for the study of the therapeutic […]
