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by Tudor Toma

RESEARCH ROUND-UP

The anorexic hormone

Oleylethanolamide is a significant anorexic lipid mediator involved in the peripheral regulation of feeding.

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011109-02

Published

9 November 2001

Oleylethanolamide (OEA) is a natural analogue of the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide that is suspected to have a role in cellular signaling. But, in 8 November Nature, F. Rodriguez de Fonseca and colleagues from Complutense University, Madrid, Spain and University of California at Irvine, US show that the main role of OEA is as a significant lipid mediator in the peripheral regulation of feeding.

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