| Literature DB >> 6791482 |
R W Randall, K E Eakins, G A Higgs, J A Salmon, J E Tateson.
Abstract
Arachidonic acid is metabolized via two pathways in leukocytes: cyclo-oxygenase, leading to the stable prostaglandins, and lipoxygenase, leading to hydroxyacids. Indomethacin inhibits the cyclo-oxygenase selectively, whereas compound BW755C (3-amino-1-(m-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-2-pyrazoline) inhibits both pathways equally. This offers a possible explanation for the differing activities of these two compounds in inflammatory models in vivo. The patterns of product inhibition by the two compounds support the suggestion that 11-HETE (hydroxy-eicosate-traenoic acid) and 15-HETE can arise by incomplete operation of the cyclo-oxygenase pathway.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6791482 DOI: 10.1007/BF02024164
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Agents Actions ISSN: 0065-4299