Eicosanoids and related compounds in plants and animals /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Rowley, A. F. (Arthur Frederick), Kühn, H. (Hartmut), Schewe, T.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Subjects:	Eicosanoids. Tiere. Eicosanoide Eicosanoids > biosynthesis.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Section I. Enzymes and factors involved in the biosynthesis of eicosanoids. 1. Eicosanoids and related compounds : structures, nomenclature and biosynthetic pathways
2. Cyclooxygenases (prostaglandin H synthases) : structure and evolutionary aspects
3. Mammalian lipoxygenases : structure, function and evolutionary aspects
4. Plant lipoxygenase : structure and mechanism
5. FLAP : structure, function and evolutionary aspects
6. Oxylipin production and action in fungi and related organisms
Section II. Functional aspects. 7. Basic functions of lipoxygenases and their products in higher plants
8. Lipoxygenases in plant development and senescence
9. Eicosanoids in animal reproduction : what can we learn from invertebrates?
10. Cardiovascular effects of eicosanoids in amphibians
11. The role of eicosanoids in the haemostatic mechanisms of fish.