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Arachidonic acid

Arachidonic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with four cis double bonds, which are the sources of its flexibility and give it the capacity to react with molecular oxygen.

It is present in the membrane of the body's cellss, and is a precursor in the production of eicosanoids: the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, prostacyclin and the leukotrienes.

See also

• Eicosanoid
• Fatty acid

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