9(Z),11(E),13(E)-Octadecatrienoic acid ethyl ester (alpha-ESA ethyl ester) is a conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid commonly found in plant seed oil. This fatty acid accounts for about 60% of the total fatty acid composition of bitter gourd seed oil and about 70% in tung oil. alpha-ESA is metabolized and converted...

Montelukast is a cysteinyl leukotriene 1 (CysLT1) receptor antagonist (IC50 = 4.9 nM in HEK293 cell membranes expressing the human receptor). It is selective for CysLT1 over CysLT2 receptors (IC50 = >10,000 nM in COS-7 cell membranes expressing the human receptor). Montelukast inhibits bronchoconstriction induced by...

gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter that functions by binding to the GABA receptors located in the spinal cord. Gabapentin is a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) analogue that acts as an anticonvulsant with proven analgesic effects in various neuropathic pain syndromes such as Complex...

GW 610 is an antitumor benzothiazole that shows growth-inhibitory activity against several cancer cell lines. In MCF-7 and MDA 468 human cancer cell lines, potent antiproliferative activity (growth inhibition (GI50) (4-aminophenyl)benzothiazoles, GW 610 is not reliant on induction of cytochrome P 1A1 (CYP1A1)...

Numerous analogs of fatty acyl ethanolamides potentiate the intrinsic biological activity of endocannabinoids. This potentiation is ascribed either to inhibition of AEA reuptake into neurons, or inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) within the neurons. However, Ueda, et al. has recently cloned another...