Lipoxygenase inhibitor

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A Lipoxygenase inhibitor is a drug which slows down or stops the action of the lipoxygenase enzyme. More precisely, the term is almost always used to describe an inhibitor of the arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase enzyme, which transforms EFAs into leukotrienes.

Examples include:

• azelastine
• diethylcarbamazine
• nordihydroguaiaretic acid
• zileuton

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• MeSH Lipoxygenase+inhibitors
• MeSH list of agents 82016859

v • d • e Pharmacology: enzyme inhibition Class Competitive inhibition - Uncompetitive inhibition - Non-competitive inhibition - Suicide inhibition - Mixed inhibition Substrate Oxidoreductase (EC 1): Aromatase inhibitors - Lipoxygenase inhibitor - Monoamine oxidase inhibitors Transferase (EC 2): Integrase inhibitor - Kinase inhibitors - Reverse transcriptase inhibitors Hydrolase (EC 3): Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Phosphodiesterase inhibitors - Protease inhibitors (ACE inhibitor, Trypsin inhibitor) Lyase (EC 4): Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors