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Showing posts with label hemp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hemp. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2022

CANNABIS compounds STOPPED COVID virus from infecting human cells in lab study

     

KANOKO MATSUYAMA | FORTUNE

Cannabis compounds prevented the virus that causes COVID-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a laboratory study published in the Journal of Nature Products.

The two compounds commonly found in hemp — called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, or CBDA — were identified during a chemical screening effort as having potential to combat coronavirus, researchers from Oregon State University said. In the study, they bound to spike proteins found on the virus and blocked a step the pathogen uses to infect people.

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Bees Absolutely Love Cannabis and It Could Help Restore Their Populations


Great news for the environment!

ELIAS MARAT | TME

Bees are major fans of hemp and a recent study has found that the taller the hemp plants are the larger the number of bees that will flock to it.

The new research, spearheaded by researchers at Cornell University and published last month in Environmental Entomology, shows that humans aren’t the only fans of weed. The findings also reinforce a study published last year at Colorado State University that discovered the same thing.

The study shows how bees are highly attracted to cannabis due to the plant’s plentiful stores of pollen, and it could pave the way for scientists to figure out new ways to support their struggling population as well as floral populations.