Transacylase-mediated and phosphodiesterase-mediated synthesis of N-arachidonoylethanolamine, an endogenous cannabinoid-receptor ligand, in rat brain microsomes Comparison with synthesis from free arachidonic acid and ethanolamine

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-62

  Sugiura, Takayuki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anandamide (N arachidonoylethanolamine); Cannabinoid; N arachidonoylphosphatidylethanolamine; Phosphodiesterase; Transacylase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN MICROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHANOLAMINE; ETHANOLAMINES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; KINETICS; MICROSOMES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS;

EID: 0029798721     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0053h.x     Document Type: Article

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