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  • noun organic chemistry Any salt or ester of arachidonic acid

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  • I can't say every issue works in audio-only, but I'm impressed with what they've managed to do with magazines that contain half-page color images of molecular structures and articles that contain "arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase."

    My experience with audible.com 2005

  • Pharmacological inhibition of brain P450 arachidonate epoxygenases also blocked morphine antinociception in mice and rats.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennie L Conroy 2010

  • These results strongly implicate MBOAT5 and MBOAT7 in arachidonate recycling, thus regulating free arachidonic acid levels and leukotriene synthesis in neutrophils.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue M. A. Gijon 2008

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