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What does arachidonic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to arachidonic acid or its derivatives
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The levels of vaccenic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, DHA and lignoceric acid were lowest in winter and highest in spring.
Taken orally, zileuton inhibits the 5-LO enzyme, which would otherwise catalyze the formation of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid.
The fats in animal products break down into arachidonic acid, a pro-inflammatory fatty acid.
Enzyme inhibition prevents the formation of thromboxane A 2 from arachidonic acid.
Dose dependent reversal effects of plumbagin on metabolism of arachidonic acid in porcine polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
Its anti-inflammatory effects are possibly from its inhibitory action on the arachidonic acid pathway via cyclo-oxygenase inhibition.

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