arachidonate

(thing) by BioTech Wed May 29 2002 at 21:36:54

An essential unsaturated fatty acid that humans use to synthesize regulatory molecules such as prostaglandins and thromboxanes. It is found in fatty animal tissue such as egg yolk and liver.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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