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What does the word 15 Lipoxygenase mean?

• An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of arachidonic acid to yield 15- hydroperoxyarachidonate ( 15- HPETE) which is rapidly converted to 15- hydroxy- 5, 8, 11, 13- eicosatetraenoate ( 15- HETE). The 15- hydroperoxides are preferentially formed in neutrophils and lymphocytes. EC 1. 13. 11. 33.

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