thujone/cannabis

Absinthe, an abused drug in the early 1900s, has been speculated to activate the receptors responsible for marijuana intoxication (the CB1 cannabinoid receptor) (Nature 253:365-356; 1975). To test this hypothesis, we investigated oil of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) the active plant product found

The ability of a number of lipophilic compounds to inhibit the mouse-brain synaptosomal enzyme acyl coenzyme A:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase has been measured in vitro. Psychoactive cannabinoids inhibit the enzyme at concentrations much lower than is predicted from their capacity to act as