• Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase, also known as ALOX5, 5-lipoxygenase, 5-LOX, or 5-LO, is a non-heme iron-containing enzyme (EC 1.13.11.34) that in humans...
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  • Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors are compounds that slow or stop the action of the arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-lipoxygenase or 5-LOX) enzyme...
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    Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein also known as 5-lipoxygenase activating protein, or FLAP, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the...
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    are as follows: Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (ALOX5) (EC 1.13.11.34; InterPro: IPR001885), also termed 5-lipoxygenase, 5-LOX, and 5-LO. Major products:...
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    Leukotriene (redirect from Leukotriene-5)
    essential fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) by the enzyme arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase. Leukotrienes use lipid signaling to convey information to either...
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  • medication which functions as a leukotriene-related enzyme inhibitor (arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase) or leukotriene receptor antagonist (cysteinyl leukotriene receptors)...
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    13.11.31), also known as arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase, 12-lipoxygenase, 12S-Lipoxygenase, 12-LOX, and 12S-LOX is a lipoxygenase-type enzyme that in humans...
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    'peanut', although peanut oil does not contain any arachidonic acid. Arachidonate is the name of the derived carboxylate anion (conjugate base of the acid)...
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    ALOX15 (also termed arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase, 15-lipoxygenase-1, 15-LO-1, 15-LOX-1) is, like other lipoxygenases, a seminal enzyme in the metabolism...
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  • (AEA: C 22H 37NO 2; 20:4,n−6), or its linoleoyl analogues, are by a lipoxygenase action found to be competitive inhibitors of brain and immune cell FAAH...
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  • agents which function as leukotriene-related enzyme inhibitors (arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase) or leukotriene receptor antagonists (cysteinyl leukotriene receptors)...
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  • fatty acid found primarily in seed oils. When acting on GLA, arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase produces no leukotrienes and the conversion by the enzyme of...
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    in urine. Mean elimination half-life (half-life) of montelukast is 2.7 to 5.5 hours in healthy young adults. "Montelukast Sodium Monograph for Professionals"...
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    co-localization of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2), arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) and LTC4 synthase (LTC4S)...
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    Zileuton (trade name Zyflo) is an orally active inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase, and thus inhibits leukotrienes (LTB4, LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4) formation, used...
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    first mechanism involves a chain extension reaction by cinnamic acid and 5 malonyl-CoA molecules that eventually arylize into a curcuminoid. The second...
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    most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 5 million prescriptions. Azelastine nasal spray is indicated for the local treatment...
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    Analogue-based Drug Discovery. John Wiley & Sons. p. 467. ISBN 978-3-527-60749-5. "Captopril: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects". Drugs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-31...
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    ISBN 92-4-157119-5. ISSN 0250-863X. 1991 Piscitelli SC, Rodvold K (2005). Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases. Humana Press. ISBN 978-1-58829-455-5. Drugs...
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    medication in the same class (e.g. montelukast) or in the related class of 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors can be attempted, but caution should be employed. According...
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    arachidonate-5-lipoxygenase, 5-lipoxygenase, 5-LO, and 5-LOX). ALOX5 metabolizes arachidonic acid to its hydroperoxide derivative, arachidonic acid 5-hydroperoxide...
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    metabolized to the 3 double bond-containing analog of 5-HETE viz., 5-HETrE (see Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase § Mead acid). Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids, leukotrienes...
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    inflammation, lipoxin A4 and lipoxin B4. Haeggström JZ, Funk CD (2011). "Lipoxygenase and leukotriene pathways: biochemistry, biology, and roles in disease"...
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  • metabolites of arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX): 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-(S)-HETE), and its 5-keto analog 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid (5-oxo-ETE)...
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    bitter and acrid. The flowers are conspicuous and showy, measuring about 1.5–2.5 cm across, and are bright yellow with black dots along the edges of the...
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    receptors. The flavonoid has been shown to inhibit certain types of lipoxygenases. Baicalein is an inhibitor of CYP2C9, an enzyme of the cytochrome P450...
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    (2006). Biochemistry (6th ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-8724-5.[page needed] Erion DM, Shulman GI (2010). "Diacylglycerol-mediated insulin...
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    extracts. Their reactions with amino acids and peptides". Biochem. J. 112 (5): 609–616. doi:10.1042/bj1120609. PMC 1187763. PMID 4980678. Cilliers, Johannes...
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    It may perform this by blocking the 5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP), thus inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX), and may help in treating atherosclerosis...
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  • yielding anti-inflammatory eicosanoids, DGLA competes with AA for COX and lipoxygenase, inhibiting the production of AA's eicosanoids. Taken orally in a small...
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