Uptake and metabolism of [3H]anandamide by rabbit platelets: Lack of transporter?

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3498-3506

  Fasia, Lambrini ^a   Karava, Vivi ^a   Siafaka Kapadai, Athanassia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Anandamide transporter; Fatty acid amidohydrolase; Rabbit platelets

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; TRITIUM; AMIDASE; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; N (2 METHYL 3 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5,8,11,14 EICOSATETRAENAMIDE; N-(2-METHYL-3-HYDROXYPHENYL)-5,8,11,14-EICOSATETRAENAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THROMBOCYTE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CANNABINOIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOMETHACIN; LIPID METABOLISM; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RABBITS; TEMPERATURE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0041823726     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03724.x     Document Type: Article

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