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Lipoxins

Biosynthesis, Chemistry, and Biological Activities

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Patrick Y.-K. Wong

    1. Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA

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  2. Charles N. Serhan

    1. Hematology Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. General Biochemistry and Enzymology of the Lipoxins

    1. Lipoxins: A New Series of Eicosanoids (Biosynthesis, Stereochemistry, and Biological Activities)

      • Charles N. Serhan, Bengt Samuelsson
      Pages 1-14

    2. Lipoxin Syntheses by Arachidonate 12- and 5-Lipoxygenases Purified from Porcine Leukocytes

      • Shozo Yamamoto, Natsuo Ueda, Chieko Yokoyama, Brian J. Fitzsimmons, Joshua Rokach, John A. Oates et al.
      Pages 15-26

    3. Phospholipase A2 Stimulated Release of Lipoxin B4 Formation from Endogenous Sources of Arachidonic Acid in Porcine Leukocytes

      • Patrick Y.-K. Wong
      Pages 27-37

    4. Lipoxygenase Catalyzed Oxygenation of Hydroxy Fatty Acids to Lipoxins

      • Hartmut Kühn, Alan R. Brash, Rainer Wiesner, Lutz Alder
      Pages 39-49

    5. Biosynthesis and Biological Activities of Lipoxin A5 and B5 from Eicosapentaenoic Acid

      • Bing K. Lam, Patrick Y.-K. Wong
      Pages 51-59

  3. Total Synthesis and Chemistry of Lipoxins and Related Structures

    1. The Total Synthesis of the Lipoxins and Related Compounds

      • S. E. Webber, C. A. Veale, K. C. Nicolaou
      Pages 61-77

    2. The Lipoxins: Synthesis and Biosynthesis

      • Brian Fitzsimmons, Joshua Rokach
      Pages 79-92

    3. Computed Conformational Analysis of Lipoxins and Their Ionic Complexes

      • Robert Brasseur, Charles N. Serhan, Michel Deleers
      Pages 93-106

  4. Actions of Lipoxins of the 4- and 5- Series

    1. Actions of Lipoxin A4 and Related Compounds in Smooth Muscle Preparations and on the Microcirculation in Vivo

      • Sven-Erik Dahlén, Lilian Franzén, Johan Raud, Eva Wikström, Thure Björck, Hisao Matsuda et al.
      Pages 107-130

    2. The Glomerular Physiology of Lipoxin-A

      • Kamal F. Badr
      Pages 131-136

    3. Effects of Lipoxins A and B on Functional Responses of Human Granulocytes

      • Jan Palmblad, Hans Gyllenhammar, Bo Ringertz
      Pages 137-145

    4. Lipoxins of the 5-Series Derived from Eicosapentaenoic Acid

      • Bernd W. Spur, Crawford Jacques, Attilio E. Crea, Tak H. Lee
      Pages 147-154

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 155-163
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA

    Patrick Y.-K. Wong

  • Hematology Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Charles N. Serhan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lipoxins

  • Book Subtitle: Biosynthesis, Chemistry, and Biological Activities

  • Editors: Patrick Y.-K. Wong, Charles N. Serhan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0937-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0939-1Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0937-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 163

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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