Pharmacological properties of rat brain fatty acid amidohydrolase in different subcellular fractions using palmitoylethanolamide as substrate

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 647-653

  Tiger, Gunnar ^a   Stenström, Anders ^a   Fowler, Christopher J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Fatty acid amide hydrolase; Ibuprofen; Palmitoylethanolamide; Rat brain; Subcellular fractions

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ANANDAMIDE; FATTY ACID; IBUPROFEN; MYELIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN MICROSOME; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BRAIN; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PALMITIC ACIDS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033955343     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00373-1     Document Type: Article

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