TitleBiochemistry of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism [electronic resource] / edited by William E. M. Lands
ImprintBoston, MA : Springer US, 1985
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2597-0
Descript XX, 442 p. online resource

CONTENT

1. Mechanisms of Cyclooxygenase and Peroxidase Catalysis -- 2. Lipoxygenase Mechanisms -- 3. Enzymes Synthesizing and Metabolizing Prostanoids -- 4. Enzymatic Formation of Leukotrienes -- 5. Cellular and Subcellular Compartmentation of Prostaglandin and Thromboxane Synthesis -- 6. Role of Active Oxygen in the Formation of Lipid Hydroperoxides -- 7. Peroxidatic Activation of Procarcinogens: A Role for Prostaglandin H Synthase in Initiation of Chemical Carcinogenesis -- 8. Selenium-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase and Eicosanoid Production -- 9. Radiation Effects on Eicosanoid Formation -- 10. Phospholipases -- 11. Glucocorticoid-Induced Anti-Phospholipase Proteins -- 12. Lipid Nutrition, Prostaglandins and Cancer -- 13. Biological Effects of Hydroxy Fatty Acids -- 14. Chemotaxis -- 15. Prostanoid Receptors -- 16. Leukotrienes: Biological Properties, Evidence for Specific Receptor Sites and Evidence for the Involvement of Leukotrienes in Pathological Situations -- 17. Cyclic Nucleotides -- 18. Cell-Cell Signalling -- 19. Proteolytic Enzymes and Arachidonic Acid Metabolites -- 20. Extracellular Nucleotide Hydrolysis and Integration of Signalling -- 21. Eicosanoids and Tumor Promotion -- 22. High Pressure Liquid Chromatography of Eicosanoids -- 23. Radioimmunoassay of Eicosanoids Associated with Tumor Growth -- 24. Mass Spectrometry and Eicosanoid Analysis


SUBJECT

  1. Medicine
  2. Oncology
  3. Biochemistry
  4. Medicine & Public Health
  5. Oncology
  6. Biochemistry
  7. general