Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the increasingly popular substance.

The team found CBD in the fruits and flowers of a plant known as Trema micrantha blume, a shrub which grows across much of the South American country and is often considered a weed, molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro told AFP in 2023.

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    17 hours ago

    x10^-3 micrograms seems odd to me. Why don’t they just use nanograms?

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      8 hours ago

      A standard of their own measurement, I suppose. Also, µg is easier to read than n g, IMHO.