EP121 The Wooly Umbrella Plant: A New Source of Cannabinoids with guest Paula Berman PhD

About this episode

This episode discusses the Wooly Umbrella plant and its potential as a source of non-THC cannabinoids with Dr. Paula Berman.

While the US continues to struggle in its relationship to cannabis medicine, it sure would be helpful if we could obtain non-THC cannabinoids from more plants than just cannabis. On episode #121 of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los chats with cutting-edge plant biochemist Dr. Paula Berman about the Wooly Umbrella plant, its rare biochemical attributes, successful extraction methods, and the future of non-cannabis cannabinoids from this species.

People in this episode

Host: Shango Los

Guest: Paula Berman PhD

Topics covered

• cannabinoids
• plant biochemistry
• cannabis medicine
• extraction methods
• non-cannabis cannabinoids

Keywords

• Wooly Umbrella plant
• cannabinoids
• cannabis medicine
• plant biochemistry
• extraction methods

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Organizations: Wooly Umbrella plant

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