Gamma-irradiation enhances apoptosis induced by cannabidiol, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid, in cultured HL-60 myeloblastic leukemia cells.

“Two non-psychotropic cannabinoids, cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidiol-dimethylheptyl (CBD-DMH), induced apoptosis in a human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) HL-60 cell line…

  Caspase-3 activation was observed after the cannabinoid treatment, and may represent a mechanism for the apoptosis.

Our data suggest a possible new approach to treatment of AML.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14692532

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