Natural cannabinoids: Templates for drug discovery

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 454-466

  Thakur, Ganesh A ^a   Duclos Jr , Richard I ^a   Makriyannis, Alexandros ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol; Anandamide; Biosynthesis; Endocannabinoids; Side chain SAR

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; AM 087; AM 855; AM 856; AMG 1; AMG 14; AMG 3; AMG 36; AMG 41; AMG 9; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABICHROMENE; CANNABIDIOL DERIVATIVE; CANNABIGEROL; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; DELTA8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; METHANANDAMIDE; O 1811; O 1812; O 1860; O 581; O 704; O 774; O 856; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHARMACOLOGY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 27844460166     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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