In biochemistry, eicosanoids are signaling molecules made by oxidation of twenty-carbon essential fatty acids, (EFAs). They exert complex control over many bodily systems, mainly in inflammation or immunity, and as messengers in the central nervous system.
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Funk CD; ''Prostaglandins and leukotrienes: advances in eicosanoid biology.''; Science, 2001 PubMedEurope PMC
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