"Leukotriene D4" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the biologically active principles of SRS-A. It is generated from LEUKOTRIENE C4 after partial hydrolysis of the peptide chain, i.e., cleavage of the gamma-glutamyl portion. Its biological actions include stimulation of vascular and nonvascular smooth muscle, and increases in vascular permeability. (From Dictionary of Prostaglandins and Related Compounds, 1990)
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D017998
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.100.450.855.461 D10.251.355.310.166.887.855.461 D23.469.050.175.450.725.415
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