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Research Article| Volume 11, ISSUE 4, P373-380, August 1983

Antipsoriatic drugs as inhibitors of soybean lipoxygenase. A possible mode of action

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      Abstract

      Eight known antipsoriatic drugs of diverse structures were tested on the basis of their structural similarity with arachidonic acid and known inhibitors of lipoxygenase. A correlation was observed between their antipsoriatic activity and lipoxygenase inhibition suggesting that a common underlying mechanism of action might be involved.
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