Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Radiation Injury (Developments in Oncology; No. 71)

Nigam, Santosh; Honn, Kenneth V.; Marnett, Lawrence J.; Walden, Thomas L. (eds.)

ISBN 10: 0792318706 / ISBN 13: 9780792318705

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1993

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Hardcover. No jacket. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, September 17-21, 1991, Berlin, FRG. Numerous b/w figures and tables. Boards are lightly scored and bumped. Spine is sunned with bumped ends. Page block is lightly marked. Previous owner's details penned on FEP. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Radiation Injury (Developments in Oncology; No. 71)
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792318706
• ISBN 13: 9780792318705
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Health & Medicine

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Synopsis

In recent decades eicosanoids have been attracting an increasing amount of attention as a result of their important physiological roles in many areas of biology and medicine. The eicosanoids comprise the prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes and are products of arachidonic acid, an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid stored in tissue phospholipids. Disturbances of eicosanoids and their metabolic products play a regulatory role in many types of cell injuries and diseases. One of the most exciting areas of eicosanoid research pinpoints their participation in the control of cell proliferation and differentiation. Eicosanoids form a link between different fields of research into such areas as cancer, inflammation and radiation-induced injury. This link provided the impetus for the development of the conference series of which the present volume represents the proceedings of the Second International Conference, held in Berlin in October 1991.