Endocannabinoid and cannabinoid-like fatty acid amide levels correlate with pain-related symptoms in patients with IBS-D and IBS-C: A pilot study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Fichna, Jakub ^a,b,c   Wood, JodiAnne T ^d   Papanastasiou, Malvina ^d   Vadivel, Subramanian K ^d   Oprocha, Piotr ^e   Sałaga, Maciej ^c   Sobczak, Marta ^c   Mokrowiecka, Anna ^c   Cygankiewicz, Adam I ^f   Zakrzewski, Piotr K ^f   Małecka Panas, Ewa ^c   Krajewska, Wanda M ^f   Kościelniak, Piotr ^g   Makriyannis, Alexandros ^d   Storr, Martin A ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON;

ADULT; AMIDES; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 84893525892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085073     Document Type: Article

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