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Interaction of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol with Herpesviruses and Cultural Conditions Associated with Drug-Induced Anti-Cellular Effects

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Drugs of Abuse, Immunity, and Immunodeficiency

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Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a small molecular weight lipophilic substance which is the primary psychoactive ingredient present in marijuana. This three-ringed molecule has been shown to bind to serum lipoproteins and is believed to exert much of its psychoactive effects by its ability to bind to membranes of cells in the central nervous system (1). The mechanism by which THC exerts psychoactive activity is unknown.

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    Gerald Lancz, Steven Specter & Herman Friedman

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    H. Keith Brown

  3. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, 33612, USA

    John F. Hackney

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Lancz, G., Specter, S., Brown, H.K., Hackney, J.F., Friedman, H. (1991). Interaction of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol with Herpesviruses and Cultural Conditions Associated with Drug-Induced Anti-Cellular Effects. In: Friedman, H., Specter, S., Klein, T.W. (eds) Drugs of Abuse, Immunity, and Immunodeficiency. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 288. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5925-8_33

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