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Cannabidiol (CBD) as an emerging nutraceutical ingredient from industrial hemp: regulation, production, extraction, nutraceutical properties, and functionality

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Cannabidiol (CBD) in industrial hemp is a promising functional food ingredient with multifarious health benefits, including anticancer activity, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory properties, and anxiolytic effects. In recent years, the application of CBD in the food industry has been emerging and several CBD fortified products are available across the globe. Currently, the scientific information associated with…

Recreational and Rational use of Cannabis-A Review on Nutraceutical Potential, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Perspectives of Cannabinoids

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Cannabis plant is a huge treasure of compounds possessing variety of medicinal, psychoactive and nutraceutical potential. Cannabinoids are a group of active chemicals possessing a range of pharmaceutical advantages in humans. Singh, Y., Thakur, N., Thykandy, T., Bilagi, G., Sakkuru, T., Tiwari, S., Srivastava, P. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 57(5), 49661-49671 (2024)…

Cannabidiol (CBD) as an emerging nutraceutical ingredient from industrial hemp: regulation, production, extraction, nutraceutical properties, and functionality

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Cannabidiol (CBD) in industrial hemp is a promising functional food ingredient with multifarious health benefits, including anticancer activity, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory properties, and anxiolytic effects. In recent years, the application of CBD in the food industry has been emerging and several CBD fortified products are available across the globe. Currently, the scientific information associated with…

Enhanced nutraceutical potential of cannabidiol derived from industrial hemp using plant based complex coacervates

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Cannabidiol (CBD) from industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a highly promising bioactive compounds with multifarious health benefits. However, its poor chemical stability during storage and digestion and low bioavailability impedes its potential food and pharmaceutical applications. Hence, this research investigated the potential of hemp protein isolate–gum Arabic (HPI–GA) complex coacervates in improving the storage…

Study on Hemp May Lead to More Sustainable Farming Methods

Study on Hemp May Lead to More Sustainable Farming Methods

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Hemp has become increasingly popular for its versatile uses: CBD-rich varieties are in high demand for pharmaceutical products, while fiber-rich varieties are valued for industrial applications like textiles. Now, a new University of Houston study of hemp microbes, published in the journal Nature, may help scientists create special mixtures of helpful microbes to make hemp…

A brief cultural history of hemp

A brief cultural history of hemp

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Hemp is making a comeback after decades in the wilderness. What does the Gutenberg Bible have in common with the American Declaration of Independence? Or a tapestry from the Viking age with Christopher Columbus’ ship? And what connects the nomadic Scythians described by Greek historian Herodotus with the anointing ritual of the prophet Moses? The…

‘People simply have to learn more about the plant’s benefits and the good it can bring’

‘People simply have to learn more about the plant’s benefits and the good it can bring’

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INTERVIEW: A writer, director, and director of photography, Jordan Berger is the founder of Sunflower Films, a production company in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He is currently completing production on ONE PLANT, a documentary about hemp’s potential to address a wide range of pressing global challenges. He also heads up Head River Farms, an organic hemp…

Hempcrete house with horse manure render proves possibilities of sustainable living

Hempcrete house with horse manure render proves possibilities of sustainable living

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Dan Rawlins and his partner Chloe Meyer set themselves an ambitious target when they decided to build an off-grid house made from hempcrete and rendered with a horse manure mix, all without ever having built a house before. And while that might sound like a recipe for disaster, the couple had experience weathering difficulty —…

These Biobased Products Point to a Regenerative Future

These Biobased Products Point to a Regenerative Future

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Discover seven products that represent a new wave of bio-derived offerings for interior design and architecture. WHAT IF THE MATERIALS of the building industry weren’t sourced from mining and extraction, but rather from agriculture and animal husbandry? This dream—that we could someday grow our building products—is represented the offerings shown here. Some bring ancient materials…

Evaluation of hemp cake (Cannabis sativa) and other hemp by-products of Greek origin and efficacy in dairy cow nutrition

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Initially, the nutritional value of the three main by-products of Cannabis sativa (hempseed cake, second-rate quality hemp seed and hemp hay), cultivated under Greek conditions and collected from four plantations in the Macedonian region was estimated. A second part of the study was the investigation of the effects of diet inclusion with hempseed cake (HSC)…