cyclooxygenase pathway
The chemical reactions and pathways by which prostaglandins are formed from arachidonic acid, and in which prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase (cyclooxygenase) catalyzes the committed step in the conversion of arachidonic acid to the prostaglandin-endoperoxides PGG2 and PGH2.
GO:0019369
arachidonate metabolic process
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GO:0001516
prostaglandin biosynthetic process
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