Table of Contents:
  • Metabolism of arachidonic acid: an overview / A.L. Willis and D.L. Smith
  • Measurement of fatty acids and their metabolites / G.W. Taylor and R. Wellings
  • Biological properties of cyclooxygenase products / J.R. Vane and R.M. Botting
  • Other essential fatty acids, their metabolites and cell-cell interactions / M.R. Buchanan and S.J. Brister
  • Inhibitors of fatty acid-derived mediators / D.W.P. Hay and D.E. Griswold
  • Biosynthesis and catabolism of platelet-activating factor / F. Snyder
  • Cellular sources of platelet-activating factor and related lipids / D.L. Bratton, K.L. Clay and P.M. Henson
  • Biological properties of platelet-activating factor / A.G. Stewart
  • Platelet-activating factor: receptors and receptor antagonists / S.-B. Hwang.