Anandamide activates human platelets through a pathway independent of the arachidonate cascade
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- 26 March 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 447 (2-3) , 277-282
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00308-7
Abstract
Anandamide (arachidonoylethanolamide, AnNH) is shown to activate human platelets, a process which was not inhibited by acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). Unlike AnNH, hydroperoxides generated thereof by...Keywords
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