Definition of "lipoxygenase" []

• Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (noun)

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• "• “Green,” cucumber/melon, and mushroom aromas, produced from unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes when tissue damage mixes an oxidizing enzyme lipoxygenase with unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes."
• "Beans owe their typical beany flavor to a large endowment of the enzyme lipoxygenase, which breaks unsaturated fatty acids into small, odorous molecules."
• "Cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) which convert fatty acids to prostaglandins and leukotrienes, play important roles in pregnancy and foetal development."