- "classic
eicosanoids". In
contrast to the
classic eicosanoids,
several other classes of PUFA
metabolites have been
termed 'novel', '
eicosanoid-like' or...
-
Prostaglandins (PG) are a
group of
physiologically active lipid compounds called eicosanoids that have
diverse hormone-like
effects in animals.
Prostaglandins have...
-
signaling molecules.
Eicosanoids are
rapidly metabolized to
inactive products and
therefore are short-lived. Accordingly, the
eicosanoid-receptor interaction...
- hormones.
Among the
substances that can be
considered hormones, are
eicosanoids (e.g.
prostaglandins and thromboxanes),
steroids (e.g.
oestrogen and...
- 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...
-
arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA: C 22H 37NO 2; 20:4,n−6), and
other endocannabinoids and
eicosanoids. The
metabolism of LA to AA
begins with the
conversion of LA into gamma-linolenic...
-
requires a
balance of anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory
eicosanoids. Anti-inflammatory
eicosanoids include lipoxins, epi-lipoxins, and resolvins,
which cause...
-
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...
-
Nonclassic eicosanoids are
biologically active signaling molecules made by
oxygenation of twenty-carbon
fatty acids other than the
classic eicosanoids. "Eicosanoid"...
-
hormone erythropoietin.
Hormones can be
amino acid complexes, steroids,
eicosanoids, leukotrienes, or prostaglandins. The
endocrine system is contrasted...
