This omega-6 fatty acid, arachidonic acid ... The eicosenoids — prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes — are universally produced, and universally active in the body.

Leukotrienes are metabolites of arachidonic acid which, are released during inflammation. These metabolites have effects on both the vasculature as well as airways leading to vaso- and broncho ...

Mucosal production of arachidonic acid metabolites, both through the cyclooxygenase pathways, that is, prostanoids, and through the lipoxygenase pathways, that is, leukotrienes and ...