A lesser-known compound found in cannabis plants is on the rise and could one day give CBD ( ) a run for its money. The first human to test how (CBG) impacts anxiety and stress has turned up encouraging results among 34 healthy users. CBG has recently become known as the " " because it can into CBD and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) – the psychoactive compound in cannabis.
hose who took a of CBG reported significantly reduced feelings of anxiety and stress in the hour after ingestion, compared to when they took a . Much to the surprise of researchers, participants also scored slightly better on verbal memory tests after taking CBG. Previous have found that cannabis products containing THC verbal memory scores by about the same extent.
Like CBD, however, CBG does not have the same intoxicating effects as THC. Psychologist Carrie Cuttler of Washington State University and her colleagues are intrigued by their results, but they do not want to let the outpace the actual science, as has been the case with CBD. "It would also be interesting to examine whether CBG might offset the detrimental effects of THC on verbal memory, as CBD was initially purported to do, until multiple attempts to replicate those findings failed," the authors in their published paper.
CBD is the most famous, non-intoxicating cannabinoid found so far – with the potential to treat , , and . Yet despite the fact that many CBD products are often as cure-alls, the scientific evidence behind many of these claims i.