Elaidamide is a fatty acid amide that has been found in the cerebrospinal fluid of sleep-deprived cats.1 It inhibits rat microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH; Ki = 70 nM).2 Elaidamide also inhibits porcine pancreatic and human synovial phospholipase A2 (PLA2).3 In vivo, elaidamide (10 mg/animal) induces physiological sleep in rats.1
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3. Jain, M.K., Ghomashchi, F., Yu, B.Z., et al. Fatty acid amides: scooting mode-based discovery of tight-binding competitive inhibitors of secreted phospholipases A2. J. Med. Chem. 35(19), 3584-3586 (1992).