N-(1-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)propan-2-yl)oleamide binds to the cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptor with a Ki value of 365 nM in a radioligand binding assay using rat brain homogenate. It has an EC50 value of 698 nM for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) in a luciferase reporter assay and, in rats, it decreases food intake. It does not inhibit fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH).
Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid and one of the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acids in the western diet. Pyrrolidine Linoleamide is a derivative of the amide of linoleic acid that shows potent antiproliferative activity against an array of cancer cell lines, including human glioma U251 cells. It is greater than 4-fold more effective against cancer cells than non-cancer cells.
Ricinoleic acid is a naturally occurring 12-hydroxy fatty acid. It constitutes about 90% of the fatty acids in castor oil. Pyrrolidine Ricinoleamide is a derivative of the amide of ricinoleic acid that shows potent antiproliferative activity against an array of cancer cell lines, including human glioma U251 cells.
(S)-α-Methylbenzyl ricinoleamide is a fatty acid amide derived from ricinoleic acid and methyl benzylamine. It demonstrates potent growth inhibition of glioma (U251), breast (MCF-7), ovarian (NCI-ADR/RES and OVCAR-3), kidney (786-0), non-small cell lung (NCI-H460), and prostate (PC-3) cancer cells with a mean GI50 value of 6.9 μM.
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), an enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis and inactivation of fatty acid amides like anandamide and oleamide, has been identified as a target by the potent FAAH inhibitor PHOP. PHOP demonstrates remarkable inhibitory activity with K_i values as low as 0.094 nM for human FAAH and 0.2 nM for rat FAAH. Additionally, through a proteomics assay focusing on the serine hydrolase enzyme family, to which FAAH belongs, PHOP's selectivity was evaluated, presenting IC_50 values of 1.1 nM against FAAH, 1.4 nM against triacylglycerol hydrolase (TGH), and greater than 100 µM against an uncharacterized hydrolase (KIAA1363). This specificity profile of PHOP underscores its potential for yielding precise outcomes in studies involving complex biological systems.