Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Radiation Injury: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference September 17-21,

Book Overview

In recent decades eicosanoids have been attracting an increasing amount of attention as a result of their important physiological roles in many areas of biology and medicine. The eicosanoids comprise the prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes and are products of arachidonic acid, an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid stored in tissue phospholipids. Disturbances of eicosanoids and their metabolic products play a regulatory role in many types...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792318706
• ISBN13: 9780792318705
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 799 Pages
• Weight: 2.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"