Synthesis of these compounds can be inhibited by NSAIDs such as aspirin.
So-called "nonclassical" types of these substances include resolvins and hepoxilins. Some of these substances are bonded to the amino acid cysteine, and are involved in bronchoconstriction. Another family of these compounds all have a six-membered ether ring and are involved in platelet aggregation. These substances are made by the action of either lipoxygenase or cyclooxygenases on arachidonic acid, and these substances also include a group that signal a wide variety of inflammatory responses. Synthesis of these compounds can be inhibited by NSAIDs such as aspirin. For 10 points name this family of substances that include leukotrienes, thromboxanes, prostacyclin, and prostaglandins, all of which derive from fatty acids with twenty carbons.
So-called "nonclassical" types of these substances include resolvins and hepoxilins.
eicosanoids [accept leukotrienes before "ether"]