See Also: leukotriene(dictionary)
leukotriene(medicine)
leukotriene e4(medicine)
leukotriene d4(medicine)
leukotriene c4(medicine)
leukotriene b4(medicine)
leukotriene a4(medicine)
leukotriene D4 dipeptidase(medicine)
leukotriene B4 reductase(medicine)
leukotriene B4 6-isomerase(medicine)

Spartacus (oh) and leukotriene a4 (medicine)


Spartacus (oh)



(died 71 BC) a Roman gladiator (=a man who fought against Other men or wild animals to entertain people) , who led a large army of slaves in a revolt against their Roman owners. Eventually they were defeated by Roman armies, and many of them were killed by being crucified.

leukotriene a4 (medicine)


leukotriene a4


(2s-(2 alpha,3 beta(1e,3e,5z,8z)))-3-(1,3,5,8-tetradecatetraenyl)oxiranebutanoic acid. An unstable allylic epoxide, formed from the immediate precursor 5-hpete via the stereospecific removal of a proton at c-10 and dehydration. Its biological actions are determined primarily by its metabolites, i.e., leukotriene b4 and cysteinyl-leukotrienes. Alternatively, leukotriene a4 is converted into leukotriene c4 by glutathione-s-transferase or into 5,6-di-hete by the epoxide-hydrolase.