Prostaglandins and related substances : a practical approach
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Prostaglandins and related substances : a practical approach
（The practical approach series）
IRL Press, c1987
- : pbk.
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Description
The eicosanoids--in particular the prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes--have diverse and potent pharmacological effects that have excited the interest of medical and commercial researchers.
Table of Contents
- Section I: Introduction and metabolism
- Section II: Sampling and extraction
- Section III: Physio-chemical methods
- Section IV: Pharmacological and immunoassays
- Section V: Enzymology and lipid peroxidation
- Section VI: Related techniques
- Appendix: Eicosanoids: structure, availability, storage and stability
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to the eicosanoids
- Metabolism of prostaglandins and lipoxygenase products: relevance for eicosanoid assay
- Tissue sampling and preparation
- Extraction of eicosanoids from biological samples
- Thin-layer chromatography (including radio thin-layer chromatography and autoradiography of prostaglandins and related compounds
- High pressure liquid chromatography in the analysis of arachidonic acid metabolites
- Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry of eicosanoids
- Measurement of prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes by smooth muscle bioassay
- Aggregometry techniques for prostanoid study and evaluation
- Radioimmunoassay of eicosanoids
- Enzyme immunoassay
- Cyclo-oxygenases: measurement, purification and properties
- Lipoxygenases: measurement, characterization and properties
- Lipid peroxidation
- Quantitative measurement of arachidonic acid in tissues or fluids
- Methods in prostanoid receptor classification
- Paf-acether (platelet-activating factor)
- Appendix
- Index
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