Figure 2.

The pathways of eicosanoid synthesis from arachidonic acid. AEA, arachidonoyl ethanolamine (anandamide); 2‐AG, 2‐arachidonoyl glycerol; ARA, arachidonic acid; COX, cyclo‐oxygenase; CYT p450, cytochrome P450 enzymes; DAG, diacylglycerol; DHET, dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid; HETE, hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid; HPETE, hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid; EET, epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; LOX, lipoxygenase; LT, leukotriene; PE, phosphatidyl ethanolamine; PG, prostaglandin; TX, thromboxane. Note that not all enzymes are named and that not all metabolites are shown