HU-x Synthetic Cannabinoids Cannabinoid Research

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CannaKeys has 147 studies associated with HU-x Synthetic Cannabinoids.

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Overview - HU-x Synthetic Cannabinoids

Description of HU-x Synthetic Cannabinoids

The HU-x series are synthetic cannabinoids that carry the initials based on their place of discovery Hebrew University, Israel.


Here we focus on the (+) and (-) cannabinoid enantiomers of 7-hydroxy-delta-6-tetra-hydrocannabinol-dimethylheptyl i.e., HU-210 and HU-211.


Initially developed and/or characterized by Mechoulam et al., (1988), HU-210 and HU-211 are two of several diverse members of the HU-family that have attracted significant attention in the international research community. For instance, HU-210 has full agonist activity at CB1 and CB2, while the (+) enantiomer, i.e., HU-211 does not, but instead acts as via different pathways such as an N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist.


Other members that may offer clinical insights may include HU-308 (CB2 agonism), HU-331, HU-444, HU-580, HU-671, HU-910, HU-914.

Other Names:

HU Family Synthetic Cannabinoids

7-hydroxy-delta-6-tetra-hydrocannabinol-dimethylheptyl or 7-OH-delta-6-THC-DMH


HU-210 [(-)-enantiomer] (-)-7-OH-delta-6-THC-DMH (N. Titishov et al., 1989)




HU-211 [(+)-enantiomer]; (aka Dexanabinol) (+)-7-OH-delta-6-THC-DMH (N. Titishov et al., 1989)

HU-x Synthetic Cannabinoids Properties and Effects

HU-210 (psychoactive) may: 


  • Induce antidepressant-like effect (G. Fang et al., 2023)

  • Not induce chronic depression, despite inducing short-term stress reactivity (M. Farinha-Ferreira et al., 2022)

  • Improve circadian parameters in retinal dystrophic rats (P. Lax et al., 2019) 

  • Improve neurological outcome of patients with traumatic brain injuries (D. Farrell et al., 2018)

  • Generate protective effects in experimental colitis (S. Lin et al., 2017)

  • Higher doses interfere with spontaneous object recognition (M. Sticht et al., 2015)

  • Induce neuroprotection in retinal degeneration (P. Lax et al., 2014)

  • Mitigate neuro-inflammation and oxidative stress with relevance to PD (Y. Chung et al., 2011)

  • Protect against mutant huntingtin-induced cell death (E. Scotter et al., 2010)

  • Modulate endocrine function (A. Ottani et al., 2001)

  • Have dose-dependent stimulant or inhibitory immune activity (A. Ottani et al., 2001)

  • Deceases sexual activities in the test animals (F. Ferrari et al., 2000) 

  • Result in loss of body weight (D. Giuliani et al., 2000)

  • Antiemetic (F. Ferrari et al., 1999)

  • Changes in cognition/memory (F. Ferrari et al., 1999)

  • Induced antinociception (W. Martin et al., 1998)

  • Exhibit suppression of both phases of the primary humoral immune response (R. Mechoulam et al., 1989)

  • Induced changes in cognition, hypothermia, analgesia, ataxia (R. Mechoulam et al., 1989)


HU-211 (non-psychoactive) may:


  • Modulates curcumin/CB1 with potential anti-depressant effects (X. He et al., 2017; X. He et al., 2016)

  • No psychoactivity (R. Mechoulam et al., 1993)

  • May be neuroprotective N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated neurotoxicity (R. Mechoulam et al., 1993)

  • Inhibition of cisplatin-induced emesis (R. Mechoulam et al., 1989)

HU-x Synthetic Cannabinoids Receptor Binding

Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and HU-210:


  • CB1 full agonist with a Ki ~0.7nM (V. Showalter et al., 1996)

  • CB2 full agonist with a Ki ~0.7nM (V. Showalter et al., 1996)


Endocannabinoidome (eCBome) and HU-210:


  • Modulator at Ca2+ channel (A. Ottani et al., 2001)


Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and HU-211:


  • Modulates curcumin/CB1 with potential anti-depressant effects (X. He et al., 2017)


Endocannabinoidome (eCBome) and HU-211:


  • A putative modulator at glutamate receptors (Zhixiong Ma et al., 2022)

  • Modulates curcumin/CB1 with anti-depressant effects (X. He et al., 2017) 

  • Inhibitor of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (R. Mechoulam et al., 1993)




Ki legend:



  • Full/strong agonist Ki ~1-9nM

  • Moderate agonist Ki ~10-99nM

  • Weak agonist Ki ~100-999nM

  • Very weak agonist Ki ~1,000-up nM


(The reader is reminded that a smaller Ki is associated with the strongest effects.)

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