For science. Chemistry, Medical Marijuana Smokers edibles cannabis Vape Tetrahydrocannabinol THC or more precisely its main isomer trans-tetrahydrocannabinol 6aR,10aR delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol, is the principal psychoactive constituent or cannabinoid of cannabis. First isolated in 1964 by Israeli scientists Prof. Raphael Mechoulam and Dr. Yechiel Gaoni at the Weizmann Institute of Science it can be an amber or gold colored glassy solid when cold, which becomes viscous and sticky if warmed. A pharmaceutical formulation of trans9tetrahydrocannabinol, known by its INN dronabinol, is available by prescription in the U.S. and Canada under the brand name Marinol. An aromatic terpenoid, THC has a very low solubility in water, but good solubility in most organic solvents, specifically lipids and alcohols.THC, CBD, CBN, CBC, CBG and about 80 other molecules make up the phytocannabinoid family. Like most pharmacologically active secondary metabolites of plants, THC in Cannabis is assumed to be involved in self defense
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