Which of the following statements are FALSE about eicosanoids? A. Although they

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Which of the following statements are FALSE about eicosanoids?

A. Although they primarily act locally, eicosanoids can communicate with areas across the body to initiate systemaic responses like inflammation

B. They are lipid based compounds that easily cross phospholipid membranes to bind to receptor targets within the cell.

C. Cats fed a plant based diet might be unable to produce eicosanoid hormones because of defiency in ability to convert linoleic acid to an omega 6 fatty acid

D. They have short half lives.

Explanation / Answer

                   A. False

                   Eicosanoids typically act as local hormones, acting on the same cell or nearby cells and then are       rapidly inactivated.

                  B. False

Eicosanoids are lipophilic molecule. But Receptors are found in cell membrane, and they are G-protein coupled receptor family.

C. False

Most Linoleic acids are found in vegetable oils nuts and seeds. So plant based diet does not affect the Conversion from linoleic acid to an omega 6 fatty acid.

D. True

                  Eicosanoids have a short half-life, ranging from seconds to minutes

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