Endocannabinoids as biomarkers of human reproduction.

“The search for suitable biomarkers of pregnancy outcome is a challenging issue in human reproduction, aimed at identifying molecules with predictive significance of the reproductive potential of male and female gametes.

Among the various candidates, endocannabinoids (eCBs), and in particular anandamide (AEA), represent potential biomarkers of human fertility disturbances…

Based on the available data, we suggest that the AEA tone has the potential to be exploited as a novel diagnostic biomarker of infertility,”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516083

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