Plants are provided with enzymatic systems which have the ability to synthesize compounds with prostaglandin-like structures. These systems consist of a fatty acid lipoxygenase and hydroperoxide cyclase. Plant lipoxygenases, in contrast with the animal enzymes, utilize C 18-fatty acids as substrates. The question of a fatty acid cyclo-oxygenase occurrence in plants remains to be answered.
Prostaglandins and prostaglandin-like compounds in plants / E. Bosisio. - In: PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0031-6989. - 20 Suppl 5:5(1988 Dec), pp. 99-103. [10.1016/S0031-6989(88)80851-8]
Prostaglandins and prostaglandin-like compounds in plants
E. BosisioPrimo
1988
Abstract
Plants are provided with enzymatic systems which have the ability to synthesize compounds with prostaglandin-like structures. These systems consist of a fatty acid lipoxygenase and hydroperoxide cyclase. Plant lipoxygenases, in contrast with the animal enzymes, utilize C 18-fatty acids as substrates. The question of a fatty acid cyclo-oxygenase occurrence in plants remains to be answered.
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