 Cannabis
"Cannabis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The plant genus in the Cannabaceae plant family, Urticales order, Hamamelidae subclass. The flowering tops are called many slang terms including pot, marijuana, hashish, bhang, and ganja. The stem is an important source of hemp fiber.
| Descriptor ID |
D002188
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.100.175.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Cannabis- Cannabis
- Cannabi
- Hemp Plant
- Hemp Plants
- Plant, Hemp
- Plants, Hemp
Cannabis indica- Cannabis indica
- Cannabis indicas
- indica, Cannabis
- indicas, Cannabis
Marihuana- Marihuana
- Marihuanas
- Marijuana
- Marijuanas
Cannabis sativa- Cannabis sativa
- Cannabis sativas
- sativa, Cannabis
- sativas, Cannabis
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cannabis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cannabis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cannabis" by people in Profiles.
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Gelfand A, Tangney CC. Analyses and interpretation of cannabis use among NHANES adults. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2018 01; 25(1):40-41.
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Miller RJ, Miller RE. Is cannabis an effective treatment for joint pain? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 35 Suppl 107(5):59-67.
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Co MLF, Das A, Okwuosa T. Pseudo-Wellens syndrome after heavy marijuana use. Cleve Clin J Med. 2017 Aug; 84(8):590-591.
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Gonzalez R, Schuster RM, Mermelstein RJ, Vassileva J, Martin EM, Diviak KR. Performance of young adult cannabis users on neurocognitive measures of impulsive behavior and their relationship to symptoms of cannabis use disorders. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2012; 34(9):962-76.
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Malfait AM, Gallily R, Sumariwalla PF, Malik AS, Andreakos E, Mechoulam R, Feldmann M. The nonpsychoactive cannabis constituent cannabidiol is an oral anti-arthritic therapeutic in murine collagen-induced arthritis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Aug 15; 97(17):9561-6.
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