Translations:Prostaglandin/1/en

discovered by v. Euler in the seminal fluid and in the - false - assumption that they were formed in the prostate, substances named after it. Prostaglandins are formed in the most diverse body tissues from →Arachidonsäure and unfold there as particularly short-lived intermediate products, already in smallest concentrations various effects; special meaning of the Prostglandine with the local regulation of the blood circulation (inflammation reaction), with endo and exocrine gland function, pregnancy and birth; are considered as membrane-standing protection factors with pathophysiological meaning with pain, fever and inflammation.