Rowley / Kühn / Schewe Eicosanoids and Related Compounds in Plants and Animals

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7311-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1815, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowley, A. F.

Kühn, Hartmut

Schewe, T.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

Sect. I Enzymes and factors involved in the biosynthesis of eicosanoids

1 Eicosanoids and related compounds: structures, nomenclature and biosynthetic pathways 3

2 Cyclooxygenases (prostaglandin H synthases): structure and evolutionary aspects 25

3 Mammalian lipoxygenases: structure, function and evolutionary aspects 47

4 Plant lipoxygenase: structure and mechanism 69

5 FLAP: structure, function and evolutionary aspects 97

6 Oxylipin production and action in fungi and related organisms 115

Sect. 2 Functional aspects

7 Basic functions of lipoxygenases and their products in higher plants 133

8 Lipoxygenases in plant development and senescence 151

9 Eicosanoids in animal reproduction: what can we learn from invertebrates? 183

10 Cardiovascular effects of eicosanoids in amphibians 197

11 The role of eicosanoids in the haemostatic mechanisms of fish 209

Subject index 223