Arachidonic acid metabolism to prostaglandin E2, D2, F(2α), and I2 in the plerocercoid of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1107-1111

  Gao, T ^a   Fukushima, T ^a   Isobe, A ^a   Hojo, N ^a   Shiwaku, K ^a   Yamane, Y ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; INCUBATION TIME; ION MONITORING; LARVA MIGRANS; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SPIROMETRA;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPOPROSTENOL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; SNAKES; SPARGANUM; THROMBOXANE B2; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BOVINAE; CESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPIROMETRA ERINACEIEUROPAEI;

EID: 0032412457     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284657     Document Type: Article

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