Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the increasingly popular substance.

Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the increasingly popular substance.

The team found CBD in the fruits and flowers of a plant known as Trema micrantha blume, a shrub which grows across much of the South American country and is often considered a weed, molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro told AFP in 2023.

  • remotelove
    91·
    3 days ago

    4.43 × 10− 3 µg of CBD per gram of the plant extract, and 1.05 × 10− 3 µg/g of THC

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      2 days ago

      Thanks, that’s really really low. More than 1000x lower than C.Sativa. 1kg of plant leaves yields 4mg of CBD if my math is right.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 days ago

        We’ve been cultivating weed for generations to increase the potency. It’ll take time for this other plant to catch up, but not long.

        • remotelove
          31·
          2 days ago

          Cannabis is ideal because of those tasty trichomes which are essentially balls of THC goo on the outside of the plant. The plant is basically a resin factory anyway, which makes extraction relatively easy. Potency is one aspect, but availability may take a bit more to work on.

        • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
          21·
          2 days ago

          Extracting oils from plants is commonly called cooking or more technically extracting. It includes a step of boiling, but that’s not the whole process (decarboxylate, grind, boil, strain).

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      6·
      3 days ago

      Source?

      The article does not mention it and even states there is no thc found in it.

      However with what i know of cannabinoids it would be strange to find cbd and only cbd during the entire plants life.

      • remotelove
        1·
        2 days ago

        A standard of their own measurement, I suppose. Also, µg is easier to read than n g, IMHO.