A Stereocontrolled and effective synthesis of leukotriene B (1).

The first practical method for asymmetric epoxidation

Tsutomu Katsuki, K. Barry Sharpless · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 2.6K citations

Asymmetric Epoxidation, Altmetrics, Engineering +12

Leukotriene B, a potent chemokinetic and aggregating substance released from polymorphonuclear leukocytes

A. W. Ford‐Hutchinson, M.A. Bray, Mira Doig et al. · Nature · 1980 · 2.1K citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Granulocyte +10

Transformation of arachidonic acid by rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Formation of a novel dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid.

P Borgeat, Bengt Samuelsson · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1979 · 653 citations · Full text

Biosynthesis, Biochemistry, Granulocyte +12

Chemokinetic activity of arachidonic acid lipoxygenase products on leuocyctes of different species

Richard Palmer, Ray Stepney, G.A. Higgs et al. · Prostaglandins · 1980 · 399 citations

Lipid Analysis, Biosynthesis, Biochemistry +8

Stereospecific total synthesis of a "slow reacting substance" of anaphylaxis, leukotriene C-1

E. J. Corey, David A. Clark, Giichi Goto et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 373 citations

Pharmaceutical Science, Altmetric Attention Score, Organic Chemistry +16