Search for endogenous ligands of the cannabinoid receptor

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1537-1544

  Mechoulam, Raphael ^a   Hanuš, Lumir ^a   Martin, Billy R ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anandamide; arachidonylethanolamide; pharmacological activity; receptors; structure activity relationship; tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; 5 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 2 (3 HYDROXY 7 HYDROXYMETHYLDECAHYDRO 1 NAPHTHYL)PHENOL; ANANDAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; DEXANABINOL; DRONABINOL; DRUG RECEPTOR; HU 243; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMAL; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOIDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, DRUG; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0028032515     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90197-X     Document Type: Article

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