Eicosanoid

Name:
Eicosanoid
Detailed information:
Any of a number of biochemically active compounds resulting from enzymic oxidation of arachidonic acid, e.g., prostaglandins, thromboxanes, prostacyclin, and leukotrienes. As a group, they compose what is known as the arachidonic acid cascade. They have many pharmacological and medical possibilities.See Prostaglandin; Arachidonic Acid.