A fluorescence displacement assay for the measurement of arachidonoyl ethanolamide (anandamide) and oleoyl amide (octadecenoamide) hydrolysis

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-435

  Thumser, Alfred E A ^a   Voysey, Joanne ^a   Wilton, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anandamide; arachidonoyl ethanolamide; fatty acid binding protein; hydrolysis; octadecenoamide; oleoyl amide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; OLEIC ACID; OLEOYLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOIDS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MYELIN P2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLEIC ACIDS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; SLEEP;

EID: 0031048820     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(96)00720-4     Document Type: Article

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