The uterus is a potential site for anandamide synthesis and hydrolysis: Differential profiles of anandamide synthase and hydrolase activities in the mouse uterus during the periimplantation period

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-192

  Paria, Bibhash C ^a   Deutsch, Dale D ^b   Dey, Sudhansu K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Metabolism; Mouse; Periimplantation; Synthesis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CANNABINOID; ETHANOLAMINE; SYNTHETASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; UTERUS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; MICE; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029800322     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199610)45:2<183::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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