anandamide

Introduction

Endogenous ligand for cannabinoid receptor. From Ananda, Sansrit word for bliss. Anandamide also non competitively inhibits binding of dihydropyridine to L-type Ca+2-channels with IC50 of 15 uM.

More general terms

• amide
• arachidonate; arachidonic acid [C20:4w6, ARA]
• ethanolamine

Additional terms

• cannabinoid receptor
• dihydropyridine
• L-type Ca+2 channel, long duration or slowly inactivating Ca+2 channel or dihydropyridine receptor (R-type Ca+2 channel)

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5281969
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=2185