Five-Lipoxygenase Products in Asthma (Lung Biology in Health & Disease) (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: July 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780824701673
Subjects: Pharmacology; Respiratory medicine; Pathophysiology; Asthma; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Leukotrienes; Chemotherapy; Metabolism
First sentence: Lipoxygenases are enzymes that catalyze a stereospecific dehydrogenation and subsequent dioxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids with a 1,4-cis-pentadiene structure.