'Truffles contain the Bliss Molecule'

(ANSA) - L'Aquila, January 16 - Black truffles contain a chemical compound similar to the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) present in cannabis, a research team from three Italian universities made known Friday.
    The compound, anandamide, is a neurotransmitter that was first isolated in 1992 and named after the Sanskrit word ananda, meaning bliss.
    Scientists later discovered it is also present in chocolate.
    Researchers at L'Aquila and Teramo universities made the discovery that the so-called Bliss Molecule also exists in truffles along with colleagues from the Biomedical Campus University in Rome.