A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis (Cannabaceae).

@article{Hillig2004ACA,
  title={A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis (Cannabaceae).},
  author={Karl W. Hillig and Paul Gordon Mahlberg},
  journal={American journal of botany},
  year={2004},
  volume={91 6},
  pages={
          966-75
        }
}
Cannabinoids are important chemotaxonomic markers unique to Cannabis. Previous studies show that a plant's dry-weight ratio of Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to cannabidiol (CBD) can be assigned to one of three chemotypes and that alleles B(D) and B(T) encode alloenzymes that catalyze the conversion of cannabigerol to CBD and THC, respectively. In the present study, the frequencies of B(D) and B(T) in sample populations of 157 Cannabis accessions were determined from CBD and THC banding… 
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