Various cannabinoids have been shown to be highly antibacterial, showing success in killing MRSA, via a different mechanism than conventional antibiotics. Is this being looked into further?
So I've seen a few studies on cannabinoids and their antibacterial properties and was wondering if anyone has any insight on the current state of this?
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np8002673 -Antibacterial Cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa: A Structure−Activity Study
Investigators at Italy's Universita del Piemonte Orientale and Britain's University of London, School of Pharmacy reported in the Journal of Natural Products that five cannabinoids - THC, CBD, CBG, CBC, and CBN - "showed potent antibacterial activity" and "exceptional" antibacterial activity against two epidemic MRSA occurring in UK hospitals. The authors concluded: "Although the use of cannabinoids as systemic antibacterial agents awaits rigorous clinical trials, … their topical application to reduce skin colonization by MRSA seems promising. … Cannabis sativa … represents an interesting source of antibacterial agents to address the problem of multidrug resistance in MRSA and other pathogenic bacteria."
There are also hundreds, if not thousands of articles showing THC + CBD's apoptosis effect on mutated cells (cancer). Here's national cancer institute on it
Now I know that there is no magic bullet for cancer, but do we really know the extent of the control that the endocannabinoid system has on cell regulation?
I have a list of 500+ studies, pertaining directly to cannabinoids and cancer, if anybody is interested. I hate to pull the conspiracy thing into this discussion, but with the medicinal nature of this plant it's hard to see how BigPharma isn't jumping all over it. The argument for this would be that it is extremely easy to grow, and it works directly off the plant (maybe a simple extraction).
Am I crazy? Is the science not there?
Posted Mar 24, 2012, 9:13 PM UTC