The factor which provided the greatest contribution to intention to consume hemp food was consumers’ normative beliefs

Subjective norms focused on consumers’ perceptions of what family, friends, peers and doctors would think of them consuming hemp food and whether they felt others like them would consume it as well. A high level of concern for the opinion of others and the mediating effect of the CBD construct on negative attitudes suggests that…

Modern breeding efforts to improve white lupin agronomic characteristics are very recent

Since micropropagation is performed in sterile conditions, it seems that an additional step should be considered to achieve a high germination rate.When a viable seed is not able to germinate under appropriate conditions, the seed is considered to be dormant.While cannabis seed is generally not thought to exhibit dormancy, it would appear that under these unusual…

This further highlights the fragility of the African net food importing model

Indeed, the spread of desertification threatening several African regions such as the Sahel and the Horn of Africa , may cause the potential concentration of livestock keeping in certain areas, in the form of more intensified livestock rearing, conceivably increasing land erosion . Furthermore, Africa’s ongoing vertiginous urbanisation at a 3.5% yearly rate is also expected to…

A gelled emulsion is a colloidal material in which oil-in-water emulsion coexists within a gel network

However, despite these regulations, several cases of contaminated cosmetic products have occurred on the UAE market . For example, a survey of 100 cosmetics and other personal care products available in the UAE found that 13% and 5% of samples were contaminated by yeast/mould and aerobic mesophilic bacteria, respectively . Another study in the same…

The University of Miami Institutional Review Board approved the study

Therefore, the objectives of the study were to determine the suitable LED combination for the higher accumulation of medicinal cannabinoids and select the stress markers of cannabis plants under light-mediated stress conditions.It is well accepted in the literature that heavy alcohol usage has been associated with multiple pathologies, ranging from gastrointestinal and renal toxicity to…