Editing Cannabinoid (section)

==== Cannabinol ====
{{Main|Cannabinol}}
Cannabinol (CBN) is a mildly [[Psychoactive drug|psychoactive]] cannabinoid that acts as a low affinity [[partial agonist]] at both CB1 and CB2 receptors.'''<ref name="Rhee_1997">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Rhee MH, Vogel Z, Barg J, Bayewitch M, Levy R, Hanus L, Breuer A, Mechoulam R |date=September 1997 |title=Cannabinol derivatives: binding to cannabinoid receptors and inhibition of adenylylcyclase |journal=Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |volume=40 |issue=20 |pages=3228–3233 |doi=10.1021/jm970126f |pmid=9379442}}</ref>'''<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Sampson |first=Peter B. |date=2021-01-22 |title=Phytocannabinoid Pharmacology: Medicinal Properties of Cannabis sativa Constituents Aside from the "Big Two" |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33356248 |journal=Journal of Natural Products |volume=84 |issue=1 |pages=142–160 |doi=10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00965 |issn=1520-6025 |pmid=33356248 |s2cid=229694293 |access-date=2022-12-07 |archive-date=2022-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119033717/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33356248/ |url-status=live }}</ref>'''<ref name="NCI_C84510">{{Cite web |title=Cannabinol (Code C84510) |url=https://ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C84510 |work=NCI Thesaurus |publisher=National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |access-date=2022-12-07 |archive-date=2022-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119033719/https://ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C84510 |url-status=live }}</ref>''' Through its mechanism of partial agonism at the CB1R, CBN is thought to interact with other kinds of [[neurotransmission]] (e.g., dopaminergic, serotonergic, cholinergic, and noradrenergic).

CBN was the first cannabis compound to be isolated from [[cannabis]] extract in the late 1800s. Its structure and chemical synthesis were achieved by 1940'''<ref name=":3">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pertwee RG |date=January 2006 |title=Cannabinoid pharmacology: the first 66 years |journal=British Journal of Pharmacology |volume=147 |issue=Suppl 1 |pages=S163–S171 |doi=10.1038/sj.bjp.0706406 |pmc=1760722 |pmid=16402100 |quote=Cannabinol (CBN; Figure 1), much of which is thought to be formed from THC during the storage of harvested cannabis, was the first of the plant cannabinoids (phytocannabinoids) to be isolated, from a red oil extract of cannabis, at the end of the 19th century. Its structure was elucidated in the early 1930s by R.S. Cahn, and its chemical synthesis first achieved in 1940 in the laboratories of R. Adams in the U.S.A. and Lord Todd in the U.K.}}</ref>''', followed by some of the first pre-clinical research studies to determine the effects of individual cannabis-derived compounds [[in vivo]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Pertwee |first=Roger G |date=2006 |title=Cannabinoid pharmacology: the first 66 years: Cannabinoid pharmacology |journal=British Journal of Pharmacology |language=en |volume=147 |issue=S1 |pages=S163–S171 |doi=10.1038/sj.bjp.0706406 |pmc=1760722 |pmid=16402100}}</ref> Although CBN shares the same [[mechanism of action]] as other more well-known [[phytocannabinoids]] (e.g., delta-9 [[tetrahydrocannabinol]] or D9THC), it has a lower [[Affinity (pharmacology)|affinity]] for CB1 receptors, meaning that much higher doses of CBN are required in order to experience physiologic effects (e.g., mild sedation) associated with CB1R agonism.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Corroon |first=Jamie |date=2021-08-31 |title=Cannabinol and Sleep: Separating Fact from Fiction |journal=Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research |volume=6 |issue=5 |language=en |pages=366–371 |doi=10.1089/can.2021.0006 |issn=2578-5125 |pmc=8612407 |pmid=34468204}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Although scientific reports are conflicting, the majority of findings suggest that CBN has a slightly higher affinity for CB2 as compared to CB1. Although CBN has been marketed as a sleep aid in recent years, there is a lack of scientific evidence to support these claims, warranting skepticism on the part of consumers.<ref name=":5" />