Synthesis and biological evaluation of several structural analogs of 2-arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand

…, A Kittaka, H Takayama, K Waku, T Sugiura

Index: Suhara, Yoshitomo; Oka, Saori; Kittaka, Atsushi; Takayama, Hiroaki; Waku, Keizo; Sugiura, Takayuki Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 15, # 2 p. 854 - 867

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Abstract

2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG (1)) is an endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2). There is growing evidence that 2-arachidonoylglycerol plays important physiological and pathophysiological roles in various mammalian tissues and cells, though the details remain to be clarified. In this study, we synthesized several remarkable analogs of 2-arachidonoylglycerol, closely related in chemical structure to 2-arachidonoylglycerol: ...