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    Eicosanoids are hormone like autacoids (auto=self, akos=healing) formed by body tissues during self-healing responses to stimuli. They are formed from tissue highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) that are acquired only from essential fatty acids (EFA) in the foods we eat. The balance of dietary omega-3 and omega-6 EFA affects the balance of tissue HUFA and therefore the balance of omega-3 and omega-6 eicosanoid actions.
Many Different Eicosanoids
Many Different Receptors
Many Disorders
The Eicosanoid Stories for Beginners
Food Choices balance your eicosanoids
Diet Balance/Interactive Chart
NIH Eicosanoid Workshop
Annotated References
Events linking diet and disease

PDF icon Seminar Notes 		Related links    Polyunsaturated Lipid Function
  (Special Interest Group)
   NIH Special Interest Groups
   LMBB
  (Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry   and Biophysics)
   ODS Eicosanoids
   ISSFAL
  (International Society for the Study
  of Fatty Acids and Lipids)
   Related Videocasts & Books    Omega 3:Fat you should and can eat
   Omega 3 and 6 News OnLine
   PUFA Newsletter

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