Chinese Journal of Chromatography ›› 2016, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 449-455.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2016.01004

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Recent advances in the methods and applications used to analyze eicosanoids

YANG Chan, MAI Danti, PAN Zhemin, XUE Yun, WANG Yan, YAN Chao   

  1. School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2016-01-04 Online:2016-05-08 Published:2012-12-18
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21175092); Research and Development Program of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission (No. 15142200200); Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 14YZ170); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (No. 2015M581628).

Abstract:

Eicosanoids are a large family derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids, including prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes. They are biologically active lipid mediators and are known to play an important role in numerous physiological and pathophysiological processes, such as inflammation. This complete enzymatic system produces hundreds of eicosanoids derived from arachidonic acids and related polyunsaturated fatty acids with very similar structures, chemistries and physical properties which makes the analysis of eicosanoids a challenging task, especially in biological samples. In this article, we review and discuss the methods and applications published over the last five years that have been used to analyze eicosanoids in biological samples, and emphasize the recent advances and the latest developments.

Key words: biological samples, chromatography, eicosanoids, mass spectrometry, review

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