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[15]: 94 Cannabis is not known to have been present in the Americas before Spanish contact, making an indigenous word an unlikely source. [16] Other suggestions trace the possible origins of the word to Chinese ma ren hua (麻仁花, lit. 'hemp seed flower'), possibly itself originating as a loan from an earlier semitic root *mrj "hemp". [17]
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Hemp seeds are notable in providing 64% of the Daily Value (DV) of protein per 100-gram serving. [20] The three main proteins in hemp seeds are edestin (83% of total protein content), albumin (13%) and ß-conglycinin (up to 5%). [25] [23] Hemp seed proteins are highly digestible compared to soy proteins when untreated (unheated).
The plant is also known as hemp, although this term is often used to refer only to varieties of Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. Cannabis has long been used for hemp fibre, hemp seeds and their oils, hemp leaves for use as vegetables and as juice. Industrial hemp products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fibre.
Edestin, (also known as Edistin [1]) is a highly-digestible, hexameric legumin protein with six subunits, [2] [3] [4] and a seed storage protein, [5] with a molecular weight of 310 kDa. [6] This protein is primarily found in hemp seeds. [2] Edestin is a globular protein (biologically active) as opposed to fibrous protein (structural).
Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis (hemp), Humulus and Celtis (hackberries). Celtis is by far the largest genus, containing about 100 species. [2] Cannabaceae is a member of the Rosales. Members of ...
Seedless cannabis (sin semilla) Seeded cannabis (con semilla)Cannabis sinsemilla (Spanish pronunciation: [sinseˈmiʝa]) also known as sensimilla, sinse or sensi (can be translated into English as seedless cannabis) is the female Cannabis plant that has not been pollinated and therefore does not develop seeds, increasing the concentration of cannabinoids and terpenes.
In the period known as Al-Andalus, cannabis was intensely cultivated and used for both its "industrial hemp" and "marijuana" sides, [5] including food, fiber, medicine, and recreation. [ 6 ] The seeds and seeded tops of cannabis plants were often called "sedenegi" (also šedenegi, šahdānaŷ, and other forms), a word from Persian origins ...