Phytocannabinoids beyond the Cannabis plant - do they exist?

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Published in Br J Pharmacol on June 01, 2010

Authors

Jürg Gertsch1, Roger G Pertwee, Vincenzo Di Marzo

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. gertsch@mci.unibe.ch

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