Drug discoveryIn the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered. Historically, drugs were discovered by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery, as with penicillin. More recently, chemical libraries of synthetic small molecules, natural products or extracts were screened in intact cells or whole organisms to identify substances that had a desirable therapeutic effect in a process known as classical pharmacology.
Lipid metabolismLipid metabolism is the synthesis and degradation of lipids in cells, involving the breakdown and storage of fats for energy and the synthesis of structural and functional lipids, such as those involved in the construction of cell membranes. In animals, these fats are obtained from food and are synthesized by the liver. Lipogenesis is the process of synthesizing these fats. The majority of lipids found in the human body from ingesting food are triglycerides and cholesterol.
LipoxinA lipoxin (LX or Lx), an acronym for lipoxygenase interaction product, is a bioactive autacoid metabolite of arachidonic acid made by various cell types. They are categorized as nonclassic eicosanoids and members of the specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) family of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolites. Like other SPMs, LXs form during, and then act to resolve, inflammatory responses. Initially, two lipoxins were identified, lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and LXB4, but more recent studies have identified epimers of these two LXs: the epi-lipoxins, 15-epi-LXA4 and 15-epi-LXB4 respectively.
ÉthanolamineL'éthanolamine, également appelée 2-aminoéthanol ou monoéthanolamine, est un composé organique de formule chimique qui est à la fois une amine primaire par son groupe amine et un alcool primaire par son groupe hydroxyle . À l'instar des autres amines, la monoéthanolamine se comporte en base faible. L'éthanolamine est un liquide toxique, inflammable, corrosif, incolore et visqueux ; son odeur est similaire à celle de l'ammoniac. L'éthanolamine est communément appelée monoéthanolamine afin de la distinguer de la diéthanolamine et de la triéthanolamine.
AmidaseIn enzymology, an amidase (, acylamidase, acylase (misleading), amidohydrolase (ambiguous), deaminase (ambiguous), fatty acylamidase, N-acetylaminohydrolase (ambiguous)) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an amide. In this way, the two substrates of this enzyme are an amide and H2O, whereas its two products are monocarboxylate and NH3. This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides.
CannabidiolLe cannabidiol (CBD) est un composé organique terpénique naturel de la famille des cannabinoïdes présent dans la plante de Chanvre. Il a été découvert en 1940 et fait partie des plus de 100 cannabinoïdes découverts (notamment les différents types de THC, le CBN, le CBG et d'autres composés organiques ainsi que des terpènes ou terpénoïdes et les flavonoïdes). Il est le deuxième cannabinoïde constituant de Cannabis sativa (chanvre industriel) et de Cannabis indica (chanvre indien) le plus étudié après le THC.
