Biologically Active Substance
endocannabinoid
Subclass of:
Fatty Acids
Definitions related to endocannabinoids:
  • Endogenous compounds that bind to cannabinoid receptors, frequently neuroactive; chemically different from the plant derived cannabinoids.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Fatty acid derivatives that have specificity for CANNABINOID RECEPTORS. They are structurally distinct from CANNABINOIDS and were originally discovered as a group of endogenous CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Humans and animals alike naturally synthesize endocannabinoids, chemical compounds that activate the same receptors as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active component of marijuana (Cannabis sativa). Marijuana, as smoked in cigarettes, has many names both formal�cannabis, cannabis, hashish, hemp, sinsemilla�and informal�pot,...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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