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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Prostaglandins, Eicosanoid, Essential fatty acid interactions, Misoprostol, Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase, Bimatoprost, Prostacyclin, Leukotriene, Treprostinil, Iloprost, Lipoxin, Oleamide, Thromboxane, Nonclassic eicosanoid, Prostaglandin E1, Latanoprost, Hepoxilin, Levuglandin, Carboprost, Travoprost, Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid, Thromboxane A2, Gemeprost, Prostaglandin E2, Virodhamine, Prostaglandin F2alpha, Isoprostane, Prostanoid, N-Arachidonoyl dopamine, Leukotriene E4, Tafluprost, 11-Dehydrothromboxane B2, U46619, Prostaglandin H2, Enprostil, 12-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, Unoprostone, Resolvins, Prostaglandin D2, Sulprostone, 5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, Prostaglandin analogue, Prostaglandin receptor, Beraprost, Leukotriene B4, Prostaglandin antagonist, Cyclopentenone prostaglandin, Maresin, Epi-lipoxin, Arachidonic acid 5-hydroperoxide, Isofuran, Leukotriene A4, Leukotriene C4, Leukotriene D4, Oxoeicosanoid. Excerpt: In biochemistry, eicosanoids are signaling molecules made by oxidation of twenty-carbon essential fatty acids, (EFAs). They exert complex control over many bodily systems, mainly in inflammation or immunity, and as messengers in the central nervous system. The networks of controls that depend upon eicosanoids are among the most complex in the human body. Eicosanoids derive from either omega-3 ( -3) or omega-6 ( -6) EFAs. The -6 eicosanoids are generally pro-inflammatory; -3's are much less so. The amounts and balance of these fats in a person's diet will affect the body's eicosanoid-controlled functions, with effects on cardiovascular disease, triglycerides, blood pressure, and arthritis. Anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and other NSAIDs act by downregulating eicosanoid synthesis. There are four families of eicosanoids-the prostaglandins, prostacyclins, the thromboxanes and the leukotr...
