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Know Your Medicine: THCV
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By <span class="reviewer" itemprop="author">Bonni Goldstein, M.D. </span> on <span class="dtreviewed"> <time class="value-datetime" datetime="2018-01-19T10:56:55+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"> January 19th, 2018</time></span>
As access to cannabis widens and research into the medicinal effects of its compounds expands, were learning theres much more to the cannabis plant than THC and CBD. One of the most interesting cannabinoids in cannabis is tetrahydrocannabivarin or THCV. Preliminary studies show promising therapeutic effects for different ailments including diabetes and Parkinsons disease.
THCV results from a different chemical pathway than THC. Geranyl pyrophosphate joins with divarinolic acid to make cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVA), which changes to tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVA) when exposed to the enzyme THCV. When THCVA is heated, it decarboxylates to THCV.....
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Know Your Medicine: THCV
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By <span class="reviewer" itemprop="author">Bonni Goldstein, M.D. </span> on <span class="dtreviewed"> <time class="value-datetime" datetime="2018-01-19T10:56:55+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"> January 19th, 2018</time></span>
As access to cannabis widens and research into the medicinal effects of its compounds expands, were learning theres much more to the cannabis plant than THC and CBD. One of the most interesting cannabinoids in cannabis is tetrahydrocannabivarin or THCV. Preliminary studies show promising therapeutic effects for different ailments including diabetes and Parkinsons disease.
THCV results from a different chemical pathway than THC. Geranyl pyrophosphate joins with divarinolic acid to make cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVA), which changes to tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVA) when exposed to the enzyme THCV. When THCVA is heated, it decarboxylates to THCV.....
https://www.marijuana.com/news/2018/01/k...cine-thcv/