What is prostaglandin?!


Question: What is prostaglandin!?
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Prostaglandins were first discovered and isolated from human semen in the 1930s by Ulf von Euler of Sweden!. Thinking they had come from the prostate gland, he named them prostaglandins!. It has since been determined that they exist and are synthesized in virtually every cell of the body!.

Prostaglandins, are like hormones in that they act as chemical messengers, but do not move to other sites, but work right within the cells where they are synthesized!.

Prostaglandins are unsaturated carboxylic acids, consisting of of a 20 carbon skeleton that also contains a five member ring!. They are biochemically synthesized from the fatty acid, arachidonic!.

The unique shape of the arachidonic acid caused by a series of cis double bonds helps to put it into position to make the five member ring!. *****Www@Answer-Health@Com

All kinds of stuff!. They are a signaling molecule that in your gut causes your intestines to move!. In your blood vessels they cause dilation!. They are also involved in mucus secretion in your stomach and have pathways that even effect clotting!. If you are looking for an answer, there isn't just one thing they do!. There are a number of different prostoglandins that all have different roles in the body!.

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