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Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Basic Aspects
SUMMARY Antipyretic analgesics are among the most often used medications worldwide. Their major mechanism of action is blockade of the synthesis of prostanoids, which are lipid signaling molecules produced from arachidonic acid by two cyclooxygenases. Constitutive cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and inducible…