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Arachidonic Acid

Known as: 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid, (all-Z)-, Fatty Acid 20:4 n-6, acid arachidonic 
An unsaturated, essential fatty acid. It is found in animal and human fat as well as in the liver, brain, and glandular organs, and is a constituent… 
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Arachidonic Acid, Sodium SaltFOG7 chemotacticLeukotrienes

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Eicosanoidsarachidonate
Eicosatetraenoic AcidsIn BloodProcess of secretionagonists

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Uteroglobin inhibits phospholipase A2 activity.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Hyperglycemia-induced teratogenesis is mediated by a functional deficiency of arachidonic acid.
Congenital malformations now represent the largest single cause of mortality in the infant of the diabetic mother. The mechanism… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
THE IMPORTANCE OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES TO AN EXOCYTOTIC EVENT, THE MAMMALIAN SPERM ACROSOME REACTION
The mammalian sperm acrosome reaction is a unique form of exocytosis, which includes the loss of the involved membranes. Other… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Discovery of an arachidonoyl coenzyme A synthetase in human platelets.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
IgE-dependent release of leukotriene C4 from alveolar macrophages
Slow reacting substances (SRS) are potent bronchoconstrictors that are thought to be important in the pathophysiology of asthma1… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
cis-Polyunsaturated fatty acids induce high levels of superoxide production by human neutrophils.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Hydrophobic regions function in calmodulin-enzyme(s) interactions.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 biosynthesis capacities of heart, arteries and platelets at various stages of experimental atherosclerosis in rabbits.
Review
1978
Review
1978
Prostaglandins and thromboxanes.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Steric analysis of hydroperoxides formed by lipoxygenase oxygenation of linoleic acid.
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