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    Metabolism and physiological significance of anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligands

    Arachidonic acid is known to be metabolized into a number of bioactive eicosanoids such as prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, lipoxins and mono-and dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids. It is well known th...

    Takayuki Sugiura, Seishi Kishimoto, Saori Oka… in Arachidonate Remodeling and Inflammation (2004)

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    Composition of Alkyl Ether-Linked Phospholipids in Mammalian Tissues

    In 1979, the structure of a lipid chemical mediator of hypersensitivity, platelet-activating factor (PAF) (Benveniste et al., 1972), was proposed to be that of an alkyl ether-containing phospholipid, l-O-alkyl-2-...

    Takayuki Sugiura, Keizo Waku in Platelet-Activating Factor and Related Lipid Mediators (1987)

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    Metabolism of Docosahexaenoic-Acid-Containing Species of Ether Phospholipid in Rat Brain

    The metabolism of hexaene species of ethanolamine plasmalogen (1-alk-1’-enyl-2-acylglycero-3-phosphoethanol-amine, alkenylacyl-GPE) and 1-alkyl-2-acylglycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (alkylacyl-GPE) was studied b...

    Yasuo Masuzawa, Yoshiaki Onuma, Keizo Waku, Yoshio Ishima in Neural Membranes (1983)

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    Turnover of Molecular Species of Diacyl and Alkyl Ether Phospholipids in Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells

    The biosynthetic route of alkyl ether phospholipid has been established by Hajra (1,2) and Snyder (3), and the biological role of this phospholipid has been studied by several researchers (4–7). A significant ...

    Keizo Waku, Yasuo Nakazawa in Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism (1978)