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Featured accessionZOM-IND-HIM-1020250004

India Collected 2025 Landrace Medium priority

Atolang Green Mango Selection 2025 is a landrace cannabis accession documented by the Zomia Collective in India.

PopulationSelectionDioeciousShort-day

Recorded usesMultipurpose

CollectionSeedsPoint of Origin2025

Field cyclePlant March–MayHarvest September–December

PreservationZomia Genetic Library

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An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon (Knox 1681)

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An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East Indies is a book by Robert Knox (1641–1720), published in London in 1681 by Richard Chiswell, the printer to the Royal Society. The book describes Knox's nineteen years of captivity in the Kingdom of Kandy (1660–1679) and contains the earliest known account by an Englishman of using cannabis medicinally in Ceylon. Knox's sample of the plant, which he called bangue or Indian hemp, was later the subject of the first controlled experiment with cannabis in European scientific history, conducted by Robert Hooke at the Royal Society in December 1689.

The cannabis passage appears in Knox's account of his escape attempts of the 1670s. He describes the dried leaf beaten to powder with jaggery and eaten on an empty stomach as an antidote to the fevers and ague caused by drinking from stagnant cattle ponds. Knox records the plant under the Portuguese-derived name banga (from bhang), indicating that it was widely enough known in the Kandyan kingdom for him and his companion to readily obtain and learn to use it. … read more →

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Research

18 Jul 2026 · Journal of Cannabis Research

Terroir-driven phenolic chemotypes and antioxidant/antimicrobial activities of Beldia (Cannabis sativa L.) seed extracts

Abstract Geographical variation in the phenolic composition and bioactivity of Moroccan Beldia (Cannabis sativa L.) seeds remains insufficiently characterized, limiting their rational valorization as bioactive resources. This study investigated aqueous extracts from defatted seeds collected in Ketama, Taounate, and Ouazzane using HPLC–DAD phenolic profiling, antioxidant and antimicrobial assays, and molecular docking. Data are reported as mean ± SD (n = 3), and regional differences were evaluated by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test when applicable. Clear regional discrimination was observed. Ouazzane gave the highest extraction yield (8.08 ± 0.24%), total phenolic content (16.13 ± 0.48 mg GAE/100 g DM), total flavonoid content (6.78 ± 0.20 mg QE/100 g DM), and total antioxidant capacity (565.80 ± 5.90 mg AAE/g), whereas Ketama showed the strongest DPPH scavenging activity (IC₅₀ = 10.25 ± 0.03 µg/mL). HPLC–DAD revealed distinct chemotypes dominated by 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (33.26–36.63%), with Taounate enriched in vanillic acid (35.00%) and caffeic acid (20.44%). Antimicrobial assays showed the best MIC values against Micrococcus luteus (0.50 ± 0.01 mg/mL) and Geotrichum candidum (0.12 ± 0.00 mg/mL). Docking highlighted flavonoid-type constituents as the most plausible active contributors, with catechin hydrate and rutin showing the strongest affinity toward CYP51 (-9.6 kcal/mol). Moroccan terroir strongly shapes the functional profile of Beldia seed extracts and supports region-guided sourcing for future bioactive applications.

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1 Jul 2026 · Plant Disease

Screening Diverse Cannabis sativa Germplasm for Resistance to Golovinomyces ambrosiae

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30 Jun 2026 · Acta Theologica

Cannabis Sativa, religion and society: Historical, medicinal, legal, and sacramental perspectives

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28 Jun 2026 · International Journal of Drug Policy

Value capture in the emerging medical cannabis global value chain: insights from South Africa

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19 Jun 2026 · bioRxiv

Sex chromosome-aware GWAS reveals XY-linked agronomic architecture and breeding targets in cannabis