Identification of biosynthetic precursors for the endocannabinoid anandamide in the rat brain

G Astarita, F Ahmed, D Piomelli - Journal of lipid research, 2008 - ASBMB
Anandamide is an endogenous signaling lipid that binds to and activates cannabinoid
receptors in the brain and peripheral tissues. The endogenous precursors of anandamide, N …

Endocannabinoids and their synthetic analogs

VK Vemuri, A Makriyannis - The cannabinoid receptors, 2009 - Springer
The discovery of endogenous cannabinoids has provided a basis for understanding the
structural requirements for activation of the two known cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 …

Endocannabinoids, related compounds and their metabolic routes

F Fezza, M Bari, R Florio, E Talamonti, M Feole… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Endocannabinoids are lipid mediators able to bind to and activate cannabinoid receptors,
the primary molecular targets responsible for the pharmacological effects of the Δ9 …

[PDF][PDF] Endocannabinoid synthesis and degradation, and their regulation in the framework of energy balance

I Matias, V Di Marzo - Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2006 - researchgate.net
Endocannabinoids are endogenous substances capable of binding to and functionally
activating the two types of cannabinoid receptors identified to date, the cannabinoid …

Characterization of biotin-anandamide, a novel tool for the visualization of anandamide accumulation

F Fezza, S Oddi, M Di Tommaso, C De Simone… - Journal of lipid …, 2008 - ASBMB
Anandamide (N-arachidonoylethanolamide; AEA) acts as an endogenous agonist of both
cannabinoid and vanilloid receptors. During the last two decades, its metabolic pathways …

[HTML][HTML] The endocannabinoid system and its modulation by phytocannabinoids

V Di Marzo, F Piscitelli - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system is currently defined as the ensemble of the two 7-
transmembrane-domain and G protein-coupled receptors for Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (but …

Two new unsaturated fatty acid ethanolamides in brain that bind to the cannabinoid receptor

L Hanus, A Gopher, S Almog… - Journal of medicinal …, 1993 - ACS Publications
Arachidonic acid ethanolamide (anandamide)(1) was recently identified by us as a brain
constituent that binds to the cannabinoid receptor and produces a concentrationdependent …

Metabolic enzymes for endocannabinoids and endocannabinoid-like mediators

N Ueda, K Tsuboi, T Uyama - The Endocannabinoidome, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Arachidonoylethanolamide (anandamide) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are
known as two major endocannabinoids (endogenous ligands for cannabinoid receptors) …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of new inhibitors of the endocannabinoid uptake: comparison with effects on fatty acid amidohydrolase

ML López-Rodríguez, A Viso… - Journal of medicinal …, 2003 - ACS Publications
A new series of arachidonic acid derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of
the endocannabinoid uptake. Most of them are able to inhibit anandamide uptake with IC50 …

Endocannabinoids in the central nervous system-an overview

E Fride - Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids …, 2002 - Elsevier
Many aspects of the physiology and pharmacology of anandamide (arachidonoyl ethanol
amide), the first endogenous cannabinoid ligand ('endocannabinoid') isolated from pig …