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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are enzymes which oxygenate polyenoic fatty acids containing 1,4-pentadiene structures to their corresponding hydroperoxy derivatives (Yamamoto, 1992). They are distributed over the whole animal and plant kingdoms.
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Thiele, BJ., Berger, M., Thiele, H., Huth, A., Reimann, I. (1999). Features of Mammalian Lipoxygenases. In: Honn, K.V., Marnett, L.J., Nigam, S., Dennis, E.A. (eds) Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation, and Radiation Injury, 4. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 469. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4793-8_10
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