1964 MECHOULAM, Raphael (1930 – ); GAONI, Y.

Isolation, structure, and partial synthesis of an active constituent of hashish.

Mechoulam and Gaoni showed that the active ingredient of "one of the most widely used illicit narcotic drugs," the flowering tops of Cannabis sativa, is "pure tetrhydrocannabinol" (THC). This they called the "psychoto…

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