Eicosanoids are signaling molecules made by the enzymatic or non-enzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid or other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)...

Nonclassic eicosanoids are biologically active signaling molecules made by oxygenation of twenty-carbon fatty acids other than the classic eicosanoids. "Eicosanoid"...

along with the major eicosanoids from AA, EPA, and DGLA. Dietary ω-3 and GLA counter the inflammatory effects of AA's eicosanoids in three ways: displacement...

Prostaglandins (PG) are a group of physiologically active lipid compounds called eicosanoids that have diverse hormone-like effects in animals. Prostaglandins have...

In molecular biology the MAPEG (Membrane-Associated Proteins in Eicosanoid and Glutathione metabolism) family of proteins are a group of membrane associated...

(also called prostaglandin I2 or PGI2) is a prostaglandin member of the eicosanoid family of lipid molecules. It inhibits platelet activation and is also...

Most of the eicosanoid receptors are integral membrane protein G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that bind and respond to eicosanoid signaling molecules...

(when combatting bacterial infection for example) and pro-inflammatory eicosanoids have completed their function, healing proceeds in 4 phases. In the recall...

release vasoactive amines such as histamine and serotonin, as well as eicosanoids such as prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene B4 to remodel the local vasculature...

and oils. Examples of biologically important fatty acids include the eicosanoids, derived primarily from arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, that...

ω−6 strongly affects function. They are modified to make the classic eicosanoids (affecting inflammation and many other cellular functions) the endocannabinoids...

inflammatory exudate for up to 15 hours, although there was less effect on eicosanoid production when compared to the effects produced by NSAIDs such as phenylbutazone...

(ω-6). Eicosanoids, a diverse family of signaling molecules, are produced by oxygenation of polyunsaturated eicosatetraenoic acids. The eicosanoids, working...

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contains 20 carbon atoms, including a 5-carbon ring. They are a subclass of eicosanoids and form the prostanoid class of fatty acid derivatives. The prostaglandins...

preferentially produced by eosinophil peroxidase) Lipid mediators like the eicosanoids from the leukotriene (e.g., LTC4, LTD4, LTE4) and prostaglandin (e.g...

synthesis. Lipocortin-1 both suppresses phospholipase A2, thereby blocking eicosanoid production, and inhibits various leukocyte inflammatory events (epithelial...

infected tissues. By 1979, eicosanoids were further identified, including thromboxanes, prostacyclins, and leukotrienes. The eicosanoids typically have a short...

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242) Pravadoline RCS-4 WIN 54,461 Cyclohexylphenols CP-47,947 CP-55,940 Eicosanoids AM-883 AM-1346 ACEA ACPA Methanandamide (AM-356) O-585 O-689 O-1812 O-1860...

hydroxeicosatetraenoic acids, e.g. 18-HETE, 17-HETE, and 16-HETE, see eicosanoid and lipoxygenase pages. This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Thromboxane is a member of the family of lipids known as eicosanoids. The two major thromboxanes are thromboxane A2 and thromboxane B2. The distinguishing...

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uncommon fatty acid, found only in trace amounts in animal products. The eicosanoid metabolites of DGLA are: Series-1 thromboxanes (thromboxanes with 1 double-bond)...

242) Pravadoline RCS-4 WIN 54,461 Cyclohexylphenols CP-47,947 CP-55,940 Eicosanoids AM-883 AM-1346 ACEA ACPA Methanandamide (AM-356) O-585 O-689 O-1812 O-1860...

(DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which inhibits pro-inflammatory eicosanoids and cytokines (TNF-a, IL-1b and IL-6), decreasing both lymphocyte proliferation...

dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA). This is one of the body's three sources of eicosanoids (along with AA and EPA.) DGLA is the precursor of the prostaglandin PGH1...

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activity in metabolizing arachidonic acid to the blood pressure-regulating eicosanoid, 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid. A study has shown that humans bearing...

aminoalkylindoles, 1,5-diarylpyrazoles, quinolines, and arylsulfonamides as well as eicosanoids related to endocannabinoids. Medical uses include the treatment of nausea...