Chemistry and physics of lipids

Optimized synthesis and characterization of N-acylethanolamines and O-acylethanolamines, important family of lipid-signalling molecules

R Ottria, S Casati, P Ciuffreda

Index: Ottria, Roberta; Casati, Silvana; Ciuffreda, Pierangela Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 2012 , vol. 165, # 7 p. 705 - 711

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Abstract

Since the discovery of AEA additional non-cannabinoid endogenous compounds such as N-palmitoylethanolamine (PEA), and N-oleoylethanolamine (OEA) have been identified from mammalian tissues. Virodhamine (O-arachidonoylethanolamine, VA) is the only identified new member of the endocannabinoid family that is characterised by an ester linkage between acylic acid and ethanolamine instead of the amide linkage found in AEA and others non- ...