Therapeutic Utility of Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 (CB2) Selective Agonists

S Han, J Thatte, DJ Buzard… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) is a class A GPCR that was cloned in 1993 while
looking for an alternative receptor that could explain the pharmacological properties of Δ9 …

Natural cannabinoids: templates for drug discovery

GA Thakur, RI Duclos Jr, A Makriyannis - Life sciences, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent studies have elucidated the biosynthetic pathway of cannabinoids and have
highlighted the preference for a C-3 n-pentyl side chain in the most prominently represented …

The structure–function relationships of classical cannabinoids: CB1/CB2 modulation

EW Bow, JM Rimoldi - Perspectives in medicinal chemistry, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The cannabinoids are members of a deceptively simple class of terpenophenolic secondary
metabolites isolated from Cannabis sativa highlighted by (-)-Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) …

Cannabilactones: a novel class of CB2 selective agonists with peripheral analgesic activity

AD Khanolkar, D Lu, M Ibrahim… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The identification of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor has provided a novel target for the
development of therapeutically useful cannabinergic molecules. We have synthesized …

Molecular probes for the cannabinoid receptors

AD Khanolkar, SL Palmer, A Makriyannis - Chemistry and physics of lipids, 2000 - Elsevier
Cannabinoids produce most of their biochemical and pharmacological effects by interacting
with CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors, both of which are G-protein coupled membrane …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of dihydronaphthalene and benzosuberene analogs of the combretastatins as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization in …

M Sriram, JJ Hall, NC Grohmann, TE Strecker… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2008 - Elsevier
A novel series of dihydronaphthalene and benzosuberene analogs bearing structural
similarity to the combretastatins in terms of 1, 2-diarylethene, trimethoxyphenyl, and biaryl …

Pharmacophores for ligand recognition and activation/inactivation of the cannabinoid receptors

PH Reggio - Current pharmaceutical design, 2003 - ingentaconnect.com
The cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors belong to the Class A, rhodopsin-like family of G
protein-coupled receptors. Antagonists for each receptor sub-type, as well as four structural …

Adamantyl cannabinoids: a novel class of cannabinergic ligands

D Lu, Z Meng, GA Thakur, P Fan, J Steed… - Journal of medicinal …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Structure− activity relationship studies have established that the aliphatic side chain plays a
pivotal role in determining the cannabinergic potency of tricyclic classical cannabinoids. We …

Recent developments in cannabinoid ligands

LW Padgett - Life sciences, 2005 - Elsevier
Over the past 40 years, much research has been carried out directed toward the
characterization of the cannabinergic system. With the identification of two G-protein coupled …

Novel 1′, 1′-chain substituted Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinols

DP Papahatjis, SP Nikas, T Andreou… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2002 - Elsevier
1′, 1′-Cyclopropyl side chain substituents enhance the affinities of Δ8-
tetrahydrocannabinol and respective cannabidiol analogues for the CB1 and CB2 …