Cannabis and its Derivatives Guide to Medical Application and Regulatory Challenges

Cannabis and its Derivatives: Guide to Medical Application and Regulatory Challenges summarizes the current state of research and clinical pharmacology of cannabis-based therapeutics, along with associated regulatory frameworks. Sections cover historical, botanical, and taxonomical platforms of cannabis, chemical derivatives of the cannabis plant, a literature review of therapeutic applications, the biological fate of cannabis and its metabolic products, pain management, neurological disorders, cancer management, interactions with other drugs, veterinary applications, and the adverse effects of Cannabis overuse in humans.
The book's final section is devoted to discussions around regulatory challenges and future considerations. This is the ideal reference pharmaceutical scientists, clinicians, and academic researchers who want access to updated information on the therapeutic applications of cannabis and its derivates. Corporate researchers will also benefit from this book’s presentation of the associated regulatory environment.

Table of contents

Part I - Introduction

1. Historical, botanical, and taxonomical platform of Cannabis

2. Chemical derivatives of Cannabis plant

3. Therapeutic application of Cannabis and its derivatives: A detailed literature review about mechanisms of action

4. Biological fate of Cannabis and its metabolic products

Part II - Therapeutic potential

5. Cannabis therapeutic application in neurological disorder

6. Potential of Cannabis in pain management

7. Cannabis as drug of abuse and banned

8. Application of Cannabis in cancer management therapy

9. Cannabis interaction with other drugs

10. Cannabis in veterinary medicine

Part III - Regulatory aspects

11. Regulatory challenges on Cannabis: Concern, advantages, and disadvantages

12. Clinical application and future consideration and potential of Cannabis