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• Anandamide activates human platelets through a pathway independent of the arachidonate cascade.

  Maccarrone M, Bari M, Menichelli A, Del Principe D, Agrò AF. Maccarrone M, et al. FEBS Lett. 1999 Mar 26;447(2-3):277-82. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00308-7. FEBS Lett. 1999. PMID: 10214961
• Human mast cells take up and hydrolyze anandamide under the control of 5-lipoxygenase and do not express cannabinoid receptors.

  Maccarrone M, Fiorucci L, Erba F, Bari M, Finazzi-Agrò A, Ascoli F. Maccarrone M, et al. FEBS Lett. 2000 Feb 25;468(2-3):176-80. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01223-0. FEBS Lett. 2000. PMID: 10692582
• Activation of rabbit blood platelets by anandamide through its cleavage into arachidonic acid.

  Braud S, Bon C, Touqui L, Mounier C. Braud S, et al. FEBS Lett. 2000 Apr 7;471(1):12-6. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01359-4. FEBS Lett. 2000. PMID: 10760504