Eicosanoids and Related Compounds in Plants and Animals

ISBN: 9780691605807 出版年：2015 页码：238 Princeton University Press

Part 1 Enzymes and factors involved in the biosynthesis of eicosanoids: eicosanoids and related compounds - structures, nomenclature and biosynthetic pathways cyclooxygenases (prostaglandin H synthases) - structure and evolutionary aspects mammalian lipoxygenases - structure, function and evolutionary aspects plant lipoxygenase - structure and mechanism FLAP - structure, function and evolutionary aspects oxylipin production and action in fungi and related organisms. Part 2 Functional aspects: basic functions of lipoxygenases and their products in higher plants lipoxygenases in plant development and senescence eicosanoids in animal reproduction - what can we learn from invertebrates? cardiovascular effects of eicosanoids in amphibians the role of eicosanoids in the haemostatic mechanisms of fish.