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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat. 2009 Apr 18;89(3-4):131–134. doi: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2009.04.006

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Examples of N-acyl amides that have been identified endogenously and whose targets are still being characterized. Each of these endogenous compounds is a conjugation of an acyl chain ranging from 16–24 carbons in length and contains either 0 or 6 double bonds to a simple amine. A) N-palmitoyl taurine may activate TPRV1 or TRPV4 receptors [20], B) N-stearoyl dopamine is located in mammalian striatum [18], C) N-oleoyl ethanolamine activates GPR119 and plays a role in appetite regulation [38], D) N-linoleoyl glycine is present in most tissues with highest abundance in lung [22], E) N-arachidonoyl serine is present throughout the body and plays a role in vascular function [19], F) N-docosahexaenoyl glycine is present in most tissues with highest abundance in skin [22].