A type of moss could prove to be more medically effective than hemp

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

In collaboration with colleagues from the ETH Zurich, researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, have for the first time investigated a substance found in liverwort that resembles THC. The psychoactive substance, which is consumed as a legal high, also exerts analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, which might be superior to that of THC.

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