icosanoids

synonym: eicosanoids
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.I02932
Unsaturated C20 fatty acids and skeletally related compounds. The spelling icosanoids is preferred over the spelling eicosanoids for consistency with icosanoic acid. Specialists working in this field commonly use eicosanoids, however.
See: leukotrienes, prostanoids
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1342 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'icosanoids' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.I02932 RIS BibTex EndNote
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