"Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Eicosatetraenoic acids substituted in any position by one or more hydroxy groups. They are important intermediates in a series of biosynthetic processes leading from arachidonic acid to a number of biologically active compounds such as prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes.
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D006893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.100.300 D10.251.355.310.166.550
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids" by people in Profiles.
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5,6-d-DHTL, a stable metabolite of arachidonic acid, is a potential EDHF that mediates microvascular dilation. Free Radic Biol Med. 2017 02; 103:87-94.
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