Department Allergology

Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. habil. Heinrich Dickel

Head physician of the department of allergology, occupational and environmental dermatology. Spokesman of the Allergy Centre Ruhr (ACR) of the Ruhr-University Bochum and Chairman of the German Contact Allergy Group (DKG).

Scientific Advisory Board

  • Prof. Dr. med. E. Stockfleth, Bochum
  • Prof. Dr. med. W. Marsch, Halle
  • Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. E. Christophers, Kiel
  • Prof. Dr. med. J. Barth, Leipzig
  • Prof. Dr. med. W. Sterry, Berlin
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Arachidonic acid

Arachidonic acid Definition Arachidonic acid (lat. arachis = "peanut") is an unsaturated C20 fatty acid that is synthesized by most animal organisms (exception: cats), but not by plants. Depending on the diet, it is absorbed in abundance through food.In membranes of animal cells, arachidonic acid...

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