A study done in Naples, Italy, by the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics show compounds in marijuana inhibit growth of Cancer cells in animals and in culture on a wide range of tumoral cell lines.
Those cell lines include human breast Carcinoma Cells, human prostate carcimona cells, and human colectoral carcinoma cells. During the study investigators assessed the anti-cancer activity of various non-psychoactive cannabinoids.
Cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG), and cannabichromine (CBC) where all shown to inhibit cancer growth. CBG and CBC also possess anti-tumor properties. "These results suggest the use in cancer therapy for cannabidiol," investigators concluded.
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