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What are Eicosanoids? Discuss the biomedical importance of Arachidonic acid and its derivatives​

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Eicosanoids are involved in vasodilation and vasoconstriction, promotion of sleep, pain and fever. They pay a role in up- or down-regulating inflammatory cytokines. What eicosanoids cells produce and their effects depend on the type of cell, the tissue in which that cell is found, and the cell's activation state.

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