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"Most of the biochemical studies employed concentrations
of Delta-9-THC that were in excess of physiologically meaningful
concentrations that might be found in brain. In addition,
the criterion of structure-activity relationship was not met
-- that is, the potencies of the various cannabinoids in the
in vitro assays did not correlate with their relative potencies
in eliciting characteristic behavioral effects. Particularly
damaging to the relevance of these in vitro studies was the
absence of enantioselectivity."
Herkenham, M. (1992), "Cannabinoid Receptor Localization
in Brain: Relationship to Motor and Reward Systems," P.W.Kalivas
and H.H. Samson (eds.), The Neurobiology of Drug and Alcohol
Addiction, Annals of the American Academy of Sciences. 654:19-32,1992.
pg. 19.
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