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In this paper, we investigated the effect of endocannabinoid-like compounds from the N-acyl dopamine (NADA) family on the viability of stromal cells from ectopic and eutopic endometrium of patients with ovarian endometriosis. N-arachidonoyldopamine, N-docosahexaenoyldopamine, and N-oleoyldopamine have been shown to have a five-times-more-selective cytotoxic effect on endometrioid stromal cells. To study the mechanisms of the toxic effect, inhibitory analysis, measurements of caspase-3\/9 activity, reactive oxygen species, and the mitochondrial membrane potential were performed. It was found that NADA induced apoptosis via an intrinsic pathway through the CB1 receptor and downstream serine palmitoyltransferase, NO synthase activation, increased ROS production, and mitochondrial dysfunction. 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