Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/xQuoxpP Lipid Mediators By: Fiona M. Cunningham Publisher: Academic Press Print ISBN: 9780121988753, 0121988759 eText ISBN: 9781483217635, 1483217639 Copyright year: 1994 Format: PDF Available from $ 72.95 USD SKU 9781483217635 The Handbook of Immunopharmacology: Lipid Mediators covers a comprehensive overview of lipid mediators, from synthesis through to inhibition. The book discusses the metabolism of arachidonic acid; the measurement of fatty acids and their metabolites; and the biological properties of cyclooxygenase products. The text also describes other essential fatty acids, their metabolites and cell-cell interactions; the inhibitors of fatty acid-derived mediators; as well as the biosynthesis and catabolism of platelet-activating factor. The cellular sources of platelet-activating factor and related lipids; the biological properties of platelet-activating factor; and the effects of platelet-activating factor receptor antagonists are also considered. Immunopharmacologists, immunologists, and pharmacologists will find the book invaluable.
