google/patents/US20130059018 Abstract This invention relates to the use of phytocannabinoids, either in an isolated form or in the form of a botanical drug substance (BDS) in the treatment of cancer. Preferably the cancer to be treated is cancer of the prostate, cancer of the breast or cancer of the colon...... ... ... ... The following paragraphs are not claims, but represent preferred aspects and embodiments of the invention. 1. A cannabis plant extract comprising a phytocannabinoid containing component and a non-phytocannabinoid containing component, for use in medicine, wherein the phytocannabinoid containing component comprises at least 50% (w/w) of the cannabis plant extract and the non-phytocannabinoid containing component comprises a monoterpene fraction and a sesquiterpene fraction, in which a principle monoterpene sub-fraction is selected from myrcenes or pinenes and a principle sesquiterpene sub-fraction is selected from caryophyllenes or humulenes. 2. The use of a cannabis plant extract comprising a phytocannabinoid containing component and a non-phytocannabinoid containing component, for use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in medicine, wherein the phytocannabinoid containing component comprises at least 50% (w/w) of the cannabis plant extract and the non-phytocannabinoid containing component comprises a monoterpene fraction and a sesquiterpene fraction and wherein a principle monoterpene sub-fraction is selected from myrcenes or pinenes and a principle sesquiterpene sub-fraction is selected from caryophyllenes or humulenes. 3. A cannabis plant extract or the use of a cannabis plant extract as claimed in paragraphs 1 and 2, for use in the treatment of cancer. 4. A cannabis plant extract or the use of a cannabis plant extract as claimed in paragraphs 1-3, wherein the principle monoterpene sub-fraction comprises myrcenes and the secondary monoterpene sub-fraction comprises pinenes. 5. A cannabis plant extract or the use of a cannabis plant extract as claimed in paragraphs 1-4, wherein the principle monoterpenes sub-fraction comprises both myrcenes and pinenes. 6. A cannabis plant extract or the use of a cannabis plant extract as claimed in any of the preceding paragraphs, wherein the principle sesquiterpene sub-fraction comprises caryophyllenes and secondary sesquiterpene sub-fraction comprises humulenes. 7. A cannabis plant extract or the use of a cannabis plant extract as claimed in any of the preceding paragraphs, wherein the principle phytocannabinoid is selected from the group consisting of: THCV, CBDV, CBGV, THCVA, THCA, CBDA, CBG, THC, CBD and CBC. 8. A cannabis plant extract or the use of a cannabis plant extract as claimed in any of the preceding paragraphs, wherein the non-phytocannabinoid containing component further comprises one or more compounds from the group consisting of: diterpenes; triterpenes; sterols; triglycerides; alkanes; squalenes; tocopherols; and carotenoids......
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