Physiologically active compounds found in many organs of the body. They are formed in vivo from the prostaglandin endoperoxides and cause platelet aggregation, contraction of arteries, and other biological effects. Thromboxanes are important mediators of the actions of polyunsaturated fatty acids transformed by cyclooxygenase.
    

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Methods in prostaglandin research / editor, J.C. Frölich.

Prostaglandins, prostacyclin, and thromboxanes measurement : a workshop symposium on prostaglandins, prostacyclin, and thromboxanes measurement--methodological problems and clinical prospects, Nivelles, Belgium, November 15-16, 1979 / sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities, as advised by the Committee on Medical and Public Health Research ; edited by J.M. Boeynaems and A.G. Herman.

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Methods in prostaglandin research / editor, J.C. Frölich.