Rowley / Kühn / Schewe Eicosanoids and Related Compounds in Plants and Animals

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7311-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1815, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Eicosanoids are a diverse group of biologically active molecules derived from polyunsaturated fatty acid precursors. This volume draws together for the first time a series of overviews on the biosynthesis and functional significance of these and related compounds in a wide range of animals, plants, and micro-organisms. All chapters are written by recognized experts in their fields, and many make use of significant amounts of unpublished materials. This volume is aimed at advanced undergraduates and at researchers interested in lipid biochemistry and general plant and animal biology.

Originally published in 1999.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowley, A. F.

Kühn, Hartmut

Schewe, T.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

Sect. I Enzymes and factors involved in the biosynthesis of eicosanoids

1 Eicosanoids and related compounds: structures, nomenclature and biosynthetic pathways 3

2 Cyclooxygenases (prostaglandin H synthases): structure and evolutionary aspects 25

3 Mammalian lipoxygenases: structure, function and evolutionary aspects 47

4 Plant lipoxygenase: structure and mechanism 69

5 FLAP: structure, function and evolutionary aspects 97

6 Oxylipin production and action in fungi and related organisms 115

Sect. 2 Functional aspects

7 Basic functions of lipoxygenases and their products in higher plants 133

8 Lipoxygenases in plant development and senescence 151

9 Eicosanoids in animal reproduction: what can we learn from invertebrates? 183

10 Cardiovascular effects of eicosanoids in amphibians 197

11 The role of eicosanoids in the haemostatic mechanisms of fish 209

Subject index 223