A structure-activity relationship study on N -arachidonoyl-amino acids as possible endogenous inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 192-196

  Cascio, Maria Grazia ^a   Minassi, Alberto ^a,b   Ligresti, Alessia ^a   Appendino, Giovanni ^b   Burstein, Sumner ^c   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; N ARACHIDONOYLALANINE; N ARACHIDONOYLGLYCINE; N ARACHIDONOYLISOLEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; ISOMER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0346725821     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.075     Document Type: Article

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