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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.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Okay that's cool but at what concentration?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

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 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

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