Metabolism of anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol: An historical overview and some recent developments

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^a   De Petrocellis, Luciano ^b   Bisogno, Tiziana ^a   Melck, Dominique ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0033038691     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02562332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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