icosanoids

Synonym: eicosanoids

Unsaturated C20fatty acids and skeletally related compounds. The spelling icosanoids is preferred over the spelling eicosanoids for consistency with icosanoic acid. Specialists working in this field commonly use eicosanoids, however.
See: prostanoids, leukotrienes
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1342