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Categories: long volume value, Eicosanoids
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eicosanoid  icosanoid  Eicosanoid biosynthesis  Eicosanoid metabolism  Eicosanoid synthesis
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Eicosanoids are signaling molecules made by the enzymatic or non-enzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid or other polyunsaturated fatty acids that are, similar to arachidonic acid, around 20 carbon units in length. Wikipedia
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Eicosanoids are signaling molecules made by the enzymatic or non-enzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid or other polyunsaturated fatty acids that are, similar to arachidonic acid, around 20 carbon units in length. Wikipedia
Class of compounds; unsaturated C20 fatty acids and skeletally related Wikidata
Any of a family of naturally-occurring substances derived from 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids; they include the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; they function as hormones. Wiktionary