[Clinical significance of essential fatty acids (author's transl)].
Essential fatty acids are important constituents of human nutrition. They lower cholesterol and phospholipid levels in serum. They are structural parts of cell membranes, affecting the function of membrane-bound enzymes and transport systems and modulating cellular immune response. Prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxane, the metabolites of essential fatty acids, are active compounds in the cardio-vascular system, the lung, in the uro-genital and gastro-intestinal tract, in the inflammatory response and platelet aggregation.
D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000502:physiology
D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D010710:Phosphates; D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes; D002784:Cholesterol; D011464:Epoprostenol
Klinische Bedeutung essentieller Fettsäuren.