Cannabis Science: Indica or Sativa, Here's How To Know

[Uncle Ben]

michigan is a medical state, the lab services are for state registered michigan patients and caregivers only.

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[NorthofEngland]

Lol maybe you should just Google it..
Or we can discuss the pharmacodynamics of it..

Yes myrcene actually speeds thcs uptake in, intensifying effects similar to a high thcv strain. Now again myrcene dominant strains originate in south America. They do not produce couch lock at all..notice cbd levels in the test shown, that's the factor here. Yes terpenes do drastically effect the high. But he's just wrong..

Now I'll just help you .. . "The antinociceptive effect was significantly antagonized by naloxone (1 mg kg-1) or yohimbine (2 mg kg-1). The results suggest that myrcene is capable of inducing antinociception in mice, probably mediated by alpha 2-adrenoceptor stimulated release of endogenous opioids."
I know big word....
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinociceptive
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1983154

As I think you know...not our first conversation...I have a pharm D. And am well aware of what's going on here..also I only grow landrace s.a sativas

I didn't know you had an actual qualification but I did know you understand pharmaceutical issues better than most.
My knowledge of naltrexone comes from personal experience - not always pleasant ones (as anyone who has flushed opiates from their systems by taking a naltrexone will tell you).
Over recent years there have been many unexpected bonus effects of the drug and it seems that many of its benefits are not fully understood.

How quickly can a new strain develop unique traits?
Marijuana was only introduced to the Americas after Colombus - a tiny length of time in evolutionary terms, yet the South American Sativa's have qualities not found in other strains....
I don't understand how this happens or why??

 

[Uncle Ben]

I didn't know you had an actual qualification but I did know you understand pharmaceutical issues better than most.
My knowledge of naltrexone comes from personal experience - not always pleasant ones (as anyone who has flushed opiates from their systems by taking a naltrexone will tell you).
Over recent years there have been many unexpected bonus effects of the drug and it seems that many of its benefits are not fully understood.

How quickly can a new strain develop unique traits?
Marijuana was only introduced to the Americas after Colombus - a tiny length of time in evolutionary terms, yet the South American Sativa's have qualities not found in other strains....
I don't understand how this happens or why??

Mel Frank has an excellent chapter on cannabis strains, countries of origin, cannabanoid profiles, etc. Well worth reading. He covers all strains but the review of Central African is really interesting - Nigerian, Congolese and Kenyan.

 

[qwizoking]

Strains evolve much more rapidly than you would expect. Even the first generation indoors alters the genes..myrcene is quite effective at killing aspergillus and probably was adapted in the September rainy season down there

Now its been established though of cannabis use before Spain's arrival at least 2,000 years ago...so its definitely had time to adapt
But again these adaptations can happen very quickly, more like acclimation
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution
Take the peppered moth for example (though adapted over a much longer period than a single growing season) but it turned color to survive. When it was no longer necessary they reverted back...myrcene most likely evolved with the humidity I don't know for sure obviously though....but I know the environment even alters the plant before the offspring even show it. The environment plays a huge role in what you can expect in your product and future generations..the terpenes have more effect than most realize..also many are "byproducts" of internal adaptations that ended up altering the route of gpp and such