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 last year.
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
58 points (95.3% liked)
science
14473 readers
1075 users here now
just science related topics. please contribute
note: clickbait sources/headlines aren't liked generally. I've posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry
Rule 1) Be kind.
lemmy.world rules: https://mastodon.world/about
I don't screen everything, lrn2scroll
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
team found CBD
Meh, someone call me when it's THC lmao
considered a weed
huehue
This shouldn’t be surprising. There are only so many ways to productively arrange organic compounds, and convergent evolution is well-known.
Given similar environmental pressure, immeasurable responses will be tried, and the most effective ones will self-select.
Did they find chlorophyll in it too?
Chlorophyll? More like BORE-ophyll!