11. Local Hormones

Joanne L. Hart, PhD

Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medical Science, RMIT University, Bundoora, PO Box 71, Vic 3083, Australia

Phone +61 3 9925 7545 Fax +61 3 9925 7063 Email joanne.hart@rmit.edu.au

Reviewer: Sheila A Doggrell, Queensland University of Technology

Key words: eicosanoids, aspirin, ibuprofen, diclofenac, celecoxib, misoprostol, paracetamol, montelukast, histamine, cetirizine, cromoglycate, promethazine, diphenhydramine, ranidine, cytokines, ankina, interferons, colony stimulating factors, etanercept, infliximab, basiliximab, muromonab CD3, anti-thymocyte globulins, glitamer, natalizumab, 5-hydroxytryptamine, fluoxetine, clozapine, chloropromazine, ondansetron, sumatriptan, nitric oxide, glyceryl nitrate, isosorbide dinitrate, sildenafil, endothelin, bosentan

11. LOCAL HORMONES

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Eicosanoids

11.3 Cytokines

11.4 Histamine

11.5 5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin)

11.6 Nitric oxide

11.7 Endothelin