A researcher is investigating the relationship between inflammatory mediators. He performs an experiment, investigating the effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on patients with high-grade fever. His research indicates that certain NSAIDs act as competitively reversible inhibitors of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes. It is known that COX catalyzes the formation of prostaglandins from a certain molecule that itself is derived from the cellular phospholipid bilayer by phospholipase A2. Which of the following molecules is a precursor of an inflammatory mediators mentioned above?
Tyrosine
Cholesterol
Palmitic acid
Arachidonic acid