PROSTAGLANDINS - MEMBERS OF A NEW HORMONAL SYSTEM
PROSTAGLANDINS - MEMBERS OF A NEW HORMONAL SYSTEM
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DOI:
10.1126/science.157.3787.382
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
BERGSTROM, S
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作者:
BERGSTROM, S
In 1930 two New York gynecologists, Kurzrok and Lieb (1), reported that the human uterus could reactwith either strong contractions or relaxation on instillation of fresh human semen. We now know that these effects were due to the prostaglandins present in the seminal plasma, but not until a few years later was it clearly recognized that the effect was due to the presence of these then-unknown compounds. Goldblatt (2) in England and von Euler (3) in Sweden independently discovered and studied the strong ac-tivity in seminal plasma that stimu-lates smooth muscle. The seminal plasma of several species was investigated by von Euler, who found similar effects in the seminal fluid of only monkey, sheep, and goat and-in ex-tracts of vesicular glands of male sheep. He prepared lipid extracts of these glands and found the activity to be associated with the fraction containing the lipid-soluble acids. He named the active factor prostaglandin and made extensive studies of the physiologic and pharmacologic effects of these extracts (3).