Regulation of anandamide tissue levels by N-arachidonylglycine

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1147-1150

  Burstein, Sumner H ^a   Huang, Susan M ^b   Petros, Timothy J ^b   Rossetti, Ronald G ^a   Walker, J Michael ^b   Zurier, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Mass spectrometry; N Arachidonylglycine; Rats; RAW cells

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DEUTERIUM; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; N ARACHIDONYLGLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GLYCINE; MICE; MONOCYTES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES;

EID: 0036774131     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(02)01301-1     Document Type: Article

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