John W. Huffman
John William Huffman (1932–2022) was a professor of organic chemistry at Clemson University who first synthesised novel cannabinoids. His research, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was focused on making a drug to target endocanna ...
research group at
Clemson University
Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enr ...
synthesized over 450
cannabinoid
Cannabinoids () are several structural classes of compounds found in the cannabis plant primarily and most animal organisms (although insects lack such receptors) or as synthetic compounds. The most notable cannabinoid is the phytocannabinoid tet ...
s. Some of those are:
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List of AM cannabinoids
Alexandros Makriyannis is a professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Northeastern University, where his research group has synthesized many new compounds with cannabinoid activity. Some of those are:
See also
* List of CP cannabi ...
List of HU cannabinoids
A research group led by Raphael Mechoulam at Hebrew University has synthesized many cannabinoids. Some of those are:
* HU-210 — a high affinity CB1 agonist (''K''i = 0.23 nM)
* HU-211 — the (+)-enantiomer of HU-210 with dramatically r ...
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List of miscellaneous designer cannabinoids
Since the first synthetic cannabinoids were discovered in recreational drug products in 2008, new synthetic cannabinoids with no precedent in the scientific literature continue to be identified. These synthetic cannabinoids appear to be rationally ...