N-Stearoyl Taurine 

Several different arachidonoyl amino acids, including N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NADA) and N-arachidonoyl serine (ARA-S), have been isolated and characterized from bovine brain.1 During mass spectral lipidomic analysis of rat brain, a series of fatty acyl amides of a third amino acid, taurine, is discovered.2 This novel class of compounds is present in kidney and activates members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of calcium channels.3 N-Stearoyl taurine is a prominent amino-acyl endocannabinoid isolated from rat brain during lipidomics profiling.

391.61

C₂₀H₄₁NO₄S

63155-80-6

Liquid

Colorless to light yellow

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(NCCS(=O)(O)=O)=O

Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

Solution, -20°C, protect from light, 2 years

• [1]. Huang, et al. Identification of a new class of molecules, the arachidonyl amino acids, and characterization of one member that inhibits pain. J. Biol. Chem. 276(46), 42639-42644 (2001).