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An ethanol extract of Cannabis sativa L. afforded upon partitioning and repeated chromatography a new non-cannabinoid phenol [7′-hydroxy-5′-methoxy-spiro-(cyclohexane-1, 1′-indan)-4\-ol](IIIa), named β-cannabispiranol.
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All gas chromatographic analyses were performed on a 2% OV-17 column at 210°C using androst-4-ene-3,17-dione as the internal standard as described by C. E. Turner and K. Hadley, J. pharm. Sci.62, 251 (1973).
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Acknowledgments. Supported by contract HSM-42-70-109 and grant DA-00928-01 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse as well as the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The authors are grateful to Mrs Glenda Lewis for running the GC analyses and to Dr Stephen Billets for running the Mass Spectra. Cannabis Herbarium specimens are stored in the Herbarium, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA.
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Boeren, E.G., Elsohly, M.A., Turner, C.E. et al. ß-Cannabispiranol: A new non-cannabinoid phenol from cannabis sativa L.. Experientia 33, 848 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951236
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