The function of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the pineal gland

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1801, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-99

  Catalá, Angel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Hepoxilin; Lipoxygenation; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

12 HYDROPEROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; 14 HYDROXYDOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; 15 HYDROPEROXYARACHIDONIC ACID; 17 HYDROXYDOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONATE 12 LIPOXYGENASE; ARACHIDONATE 15 LIPOXYGENASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EPOXIDE; HEPOXILIN A; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPOXYGENASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MELATONIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXY RADICAL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIPOXYGENASE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 73749086593     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2009.10.010     Document Type: Review

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