Arachidonic acid and eicosanoids in Hydra: Possible endogenous signals involved in chemoreception and modulation of the feeding behaviour

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 433, Issue , 1997, Pages 363-366

  Pierobon, Paola ^a   De Petrocellis, Luciano ^b   Minei, Rosario ^b   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ICOSANOID; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; COELENTERATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

COELENTERATA; HYDRA;

EID: 0031392696     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1810-9_78     Document Type: Article

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