different between eicosanoid vs isofuran

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From Ancient Greek ?????? (eíkosi, “twenty”) +? -ane (“an alkane”) +? -oic (“a carboxylic acid”) +? -oid (“-like”).

eicosanoid (plural eicosanoids)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of naturally-occurring substances derived from 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids; they include the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; they function as hormones.

“eicosanoid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

iso- +? furan

isofuran (plural isofurans)

(biochemistry) Any of various nonclassic eicosanoids formed nonenzymatically by free radical mediated peroxidation of arachidonic acid, similar to the isoprostanes but with a substituted tetrahydrofuran ring.

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