The endocannabinoid system: a potential target for the treatment of various diseases

H Lowe, N Toyang, B Steele, J Bryant… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) is primarily responsible for maintaining homeostasis, a
balance in internal environment (temperature, mood, and immune system) and energy input …

Palmitic acid: physiological role, metabolism and nutritional implications

G Carta, E Murru, S Banni, C Manca - Frontiers in physiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Palmitic acid (PA) has been for long time negatively depicted for its putative detrimental
health effects, shadowing its multiple crucial physiological activities. PA is the most common …

An inflammation-centric view of neurological disease: beyond the neuron

SD Skaper, L Facci, M Zusso, P Giusti - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is a complex biological response fundamental to how the body deals with
injury and infection to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury and effect repair. Unlike a …

[HTML][HTML] The endocannabinoid system and its modulation by phytocannabinoids

V Di Marzo, F Piscitelli - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system is currently defined as the ensemble of the two 7-
transmembrane-domain and G protein-coupled receptors for Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (but …

The pharmacology of palmitoylethanolamide and first data on the therapeutic efficacy of some of its new formulations

S Petrosino, V Di Marzo - British journal of pharmacology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) has emerged as a potential nutraceutical, because this
compound is naturally produced in many plant and animal food sources, as well as in cells …

The endocannabinoid system as an emerging target of pharmacotherapy

P Pacher, S Bátkai, G Kunos - Pharmacological reviews, 2006 - ASPET
The recent identification of cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous lipid ligands has
triggered an exponential growth of studies exploring the endocannabinoid system and its …

The role of PPAR alpha in the modulation of innate immunity

M Grabacka, M Pierzchalska, PM Płonka… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α is a potent regulator of systemic and cellular
metabolism and energy homeostasis, but it also suppresses various inflammatory reactions …

Molecular targets for cannabidiol and its synthetic analogues: effect on vanilloid VR1 receptors and on the cellular uptake and enzymatic hydrolysis of anandamide

T Bisogno, L Hanuš, L De Petrocellis… - British journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
(−)‐Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non‐psychotropic component of Cannabis with possible
therapeutic use as an anti‐inflammatory drug. Little is known on the possible molecular …

The endocannabinoid system and its therapeutic exploitation

VD Marzo, M Bifulco, LD Petrocellis - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2004 - nature.com
The term'endocannabinoid'—originally coined in the mid-1990s after the discovery of
membrane receptors for the psychoactive principle in Cannabis, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol …

An entourage effect: inactive endogenous fatty acid glycerol esters enhance 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol cannabinoid activity

S Ben-Shabat, E Fride, T Sheskin, T Tamiri… - European journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
2-Arachidonoyl-glycerol (2-Ara-Gl) has been isolated from various tissues and identified as
an endogenous ligand for both cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. Here we report that in …