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The recent discovery that some arachidonic acid metabolites derived from the 5-lipoxygenase pathway are responsible for slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A) activity has greatly stimulated research in the field of asthma and other allergic diseases (Murphy et al., 1979). In fact these compounds, which were first detected in leucocytes, possess as a common feature a conjugated triene and have been named leukotrienes (Samuelsson &; Hammarström, 1980).
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Folco, G.C. (1984). Pharmacological studies on the release and effects of leukotrienes in human and guinea pig lung tissue. In: Paton, W., Mitchell, J., Turner, P., Padgham, C., Ashcroft, E. (eds) IUPHAR 9th International Congress of Pharmacology London 1984. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17615-1_8
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