Inhibition of sea urchin fertilization by fatty acid ethanolamides and cannabinoids

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-330

  Berdyshev, Evgueni V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cannabinoids; Fatty acid ethanolamides; Fertilization; Palmitoylethanolamide; Sea urchins; SR 141716; Tetrahydrocannabinol; WIN 55,212 2

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; DRONABINOL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERTILIZATION; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 0033056899     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10136-6     Document Type: Article

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