prostaglandins in English

noun
1
any of a group of cyclic fatty acid compounds with varying hormonelike effects, notably the promotion of uterine contractions.
Aspirin blocks a group of enzymes that synthesize prostaglandins , which are hormones that assist in pain, inflammation and blood clotting.

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1. ACTH, thromboxane A2, blood pressure, heart rate, prostaglandins, U46619.

2. Like all prostaglandins, PGE2 synthesis depends upon the cyclooxygenases.

3. Auget contains Bimatoprost, a powerful ocular hypotensive agent, analogous to prostaglandins

4. Prostaglandins destroy the corpus luteum, as explained above, and thus end the secretion of progesterone.

5. Methods for the preparation of synthons for syntheses of spiro[2.4]heptane analogues of prostaglandins are described.

6. Inhibitors of prostaglandins also inhibit the increased platelet aggregation, which is present in the early phases of migraine.

7. This disarming mechanism is a result of the Cysticerci secreting prostaglandins and other chemicals that block or deflect immune activity

8. 30 During the initial phase, newly formed mast cell components such as histamine, serotonin, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes may be released.

9. Antipyretic: Antipyretics block the production of prostaglandins and cause the hypothalamus to stop the rise in body temperature caused by them

10. 2 Other investigators claim that endogenous prostaglandins may not be essential since gastric cytoprotection persists after pretreatment with prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors.

11. Cramps are caused by prostaglandins (say: pross-tuh-GLAN-dinz), chemicals a girl's body produces to make the muscles of the uterus contract

12. In CSF of all feverish patients with meningitis, pneumonia, or pyelonephritis, concentrations of prostaglandins of the E series were about twice higher than those of the afebrile subjects.

13. Concentrations of prostaglandins of the E and F series were estimated by radioimmunoassay in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 30 febrile patients (infants and adults) and of 19 afebrile, adult patients.

14. Birthbed PT100087A (en) 1993-05-31: NEW ESTEROID ESTERS DK0648207T3 (en) 1997-06-23: Vitamin D analogs DE69421936D1 (en) 2000-01-05: STABILIZED PROSTAGLANDIN E1 DK0544899T3 (en) 1995-10-23: prostaglandins DE69233138D1 (en) 2003-08-28: CALLUS-SPECIFIC PROMOTORS

15. To assess the importance of endogenous prostaglandins in parturition, we have examined the effects of indomethacin on maternal steroid concentrations and on the frequency and maximum amplitude of uterine contractions during delivery induced by administering adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) to fetal sheep.

16. Chills is a feeling of coldness occurring during a high fever, but sometimes is also a common symptom which occurs alone in specific people. It occurs during fever due to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins as part of the inflammatory response, which increases the set point for body temperature in the hypothalamus.

17. Prostaglandins and intermediates thereof can be prepared readily, efficiently and industrially advantageously by separating an (E)-hydroxyvinyltin compound from the (E, Z)-enantiomer thereof prepared by the reaction of a hydroxy-1-algin with a tin halide, converting the same into a vinylcopper complex of general formula (VI) conducting the conjugate addition of the complex with $g(a), $g(b)-unsaturated cyclopentenone, and deblocking the product.

18. The conjugated medicinal agent of the present invention has the following formula (I): P-(S)x-Gal-GA-R, wherein in the P-(S)x-moiety, P is a peptide residue of a human serum glycoprotein and S is a sugar residue of a human serum glycoprotein; Gal is galactose residue; GA is glutaraldehyde residue; x is an integer equal to or greater than 1; and R is a medicinal component selected from the group consisting of interferon, acyclovir sodium, ribavirin, vidarabine, zidovudine, suramin, anti-sense oligonucleotide, ribozyme, leucovorin calcium, sodium-meglumine diatrizoate, gadolinium-DTPA, glutathione (GSH), prostaglandins, ?