MOLECULE

Cannabichromanone

Cannabichromanone (CBCN) belongs to the class of organic compounds known as 2,2-dimethyl-1-benzopyrans. These are organic compounds containing a 1-benzopyran moiety that carries two methyl groups at the 2-position. Cannabichromanone is one of more than 120 cannabinoid compounds that are known to occur in Cannabis plants (PMID: 6991645). Very little is known regarding cannabichromanone and only recently has its full spectroscopic data and absolute configuration been published (PMID: 19844597). Cannabichromanone has shown mild antimalarial and moderate antileishmanial activities, as well as radical scavenging activities in the DPPH assay (PMID: 19903367, PMID: 19844597). Cannabichromanone is also found in cannabis smoke and is volatilized during the combustion of cannabis (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-947-9_2).