
Palmitoylethanolamide
Palmitoyl ethanolamide is an N-(long-chain-acyl)ethanolamine that is the ethanolamide of palmitic (hexadecanoic) acid. It has a role as an anti-inflammatory drug, an anticonvulsant, an antihypertensive agent and a neuroprotective agent. It is a N-(long-chain-acyl)ethanolamine, an endocannabinoid and a N-(saturated fatty acyl)ethanolamine. It is functionally related to a hexadecanoic acid. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- N-(2-hydroxyethyl)hexadecanamide
- Molecular formula
- C18H37NO2
- Molecular weight
- 299.5 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 299.282429423 Da
- XLogP3
- 6.2
- Topological polar surface area
- 49.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:71464
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL417675
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID4042254
- PubMed:23108549
- PubMed:23046519
- PubMed:23028630
- PubMed:22972997
- PubMed:22916199
- PubMed:22912814
- PubMed:22912680
- PubMed:22884901
- PubMed:22860206
- PubMed:22860123
- PubMed:22845893
- PubMed:22825852
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