prostaglandin
IPA: proʊstægɫˈændɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C₂₀ acid prostanoic acid; they have a number of physiological functions and may be considered to be hormones.
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Examples of "prostaglandin" in Sentences
- A stiff dose of prostaglandin for them, please.
- Prostaglandin E2 and fever a continuing debate.
- The compounds inhibit the actions of prostaglandins.
- Prostaglandins are probably downstream of interferon.
- ABCC4 is a protein associated with prostaglandin transport.
- Participation of prostaglandins in the development of fever.
- It acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- Solvent induced fragmentation of prostaglandin endoperoxides.
- Cyclooxygenase is required for prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis.
- A Prostaglandin antagonist is a hormone antagonist acting upon prostaglandin.
- Sune Bergström is responsible for a crucial breakthrough in prostaglandin research.
- Also, semen has a substance in it called prostaglandin, which is the same thing your body makes to soften your cervix.
- One of them is called prostaglandin, and that basically allows your arteries, which, you know, remeasure for that blood pressure, to not be as flexible.
- The drug is a synthetic prostaglandin, which is a hormone-like messenger found in both sexes that acts on stomachs, kidneys, blood vessels and the uterus.
- The great breakthrough in prostaglandin research came in the late 1950s when Sune Bergström purified the first prostaglandins and determined their structure.
- In addition, endometrial lesions emit high levels of a hormonelike substance known as prostaglandin, which can cause dramatic contractions within the uterus or fallopian tubes.
- To help cleanse your system of this now needless tissue, your body begins to produce a substance called prostaglandin, which, in turn, stimulates powerful uterine contractions.
- Older glaucoma drugs like latanoprost and travoprost -- called prostaglandin analogs because they bind to prostaglandins or lipids -- also stimulated lash growth but not as much.