N-Oleoyl Taurine

Several different arachidonoyl amino acids, including N-arachidonoyl dopamine and N-arachidonoyl serine, have been isolated and characterized from bovine brain.{9589} During mass spectral lipidomics analysis of rat brain, a series of fatty acyl amides of a third amino acid, taurine, were discovered.{12336} This novel class of compounds is present in kidney and activates members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of calcium channels.{16245} N-Oleoyl taurine is an amino-acyl endocannabinoid isolated from rat brain that may activate TRPV1 and TRPV4.{16245}