Leukotriene B4

Preferred Label : Leukotriene B4;

NCIt synonyms : 5S,12R-dihydroxy-6Z,8E,10E,14Z-eicosatetraenoic Acid; LTB4;

NCIt definition : A leukotriene synthesized from leukotriene A4 by leukotriene A-4 hydrolase in monocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, reticulocytes, platelets and fibroblasts. Leukotriene B4 modulates inflammation by promoting neutrophil activation and inducing adhesion, activation, and transendothelial migration of leukocytes.;

UNII : 1HGW4DR56D;

InChIKey : VNYSSYRCGWBHLG-AMOLWHMGSA-N;

CAS number : 71160-24-2;

Chemical formula : C20H32O4;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:15647;

Details

Origin ID

C609;

UMLS CUI

C0023546;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Leukotriene B (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- leukotriene b [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- leukotriene B4 [MeSH concept]
- leukotriene b4 [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Leukotriene B4 [LOINC component]
- leukotriene B4 [MeSH concept]
- leukotriene b4 [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- FDA Established Names and Unique Ingredient Identifier Codes Terminology [NCIt concept]

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