What type of eicosanoids involve local messengers in inflammatory responses and cause profound airway constriction characteristic of asthma?

a. prostaglandins
b. thromboxanes
c. arachidonic acid
d. cortisol
e. leukotrienes


e

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What will be an ideal response?

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