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LTB4

LTB4 is a product of arachadinoic acid via the lipo-oxygenase pathway. It is a potent chomoattractant. It enhances vascular permeability and leucocyte adhesion. It also promotes release of free oxygen radicals and proteolytic enzymes from leucocytes.



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