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Prostaglandins

Nature volume 224, pages 221–225 (1969)Cite this article

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Prostaglandins are widely distributed in mammalian tissues and have a high order of biological activity, but their functions are not fully known. This article is intended to give the non-biologist some insight into the events leading to the present minor publication explosion and the current state of knowledge of these substances.

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