Prostaglandin F2alpha

See: Endometriosis, Amniotic Fluid, Blood Plasma, Prostaglandin, Prostanoid, Induction (Birth), Abortifacient, Oxytocin, Corpus Luteum, Luteolysis.

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(Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostaglandin_F2alpha Retrieved:2022-11-28.
- Prostaglandin F_2α (PGF_2α in prostanoid nomenclature), pharmaceutically termed carboprost is a naturally occurring prostaglandin used in medicine to induce labor and as an abortifacient. Prostaglandins are lipids throughout the entire body that have a hormone-like function. In pregnancy, PGF2 is medically used to sustain contracture and provoke myometrial ischemia to accelerate labor and prevent significant blood loss in labor. Additionally, PGF2 has been linked to being naturally involved in the process of labor. It has been seen that there are higher levels of PGF2 in maternal fluid during labor when compared to at term. This signifies that there is likely a biological use and significance to the production and secretion of PGF2 in labor. Prostaglandin is also used to treat uterine infections in domestic animals. In domestic mammals, it is produced by the uterus when stimulated by oxytocin, in the event that there has been no implantation during the luteal phase. It acts on the corpus luteum to cause luteolysis, forming a corpus albicans and stopping the production of progesterone. Action of PGF_2α is dependent on the number of receptors on the corpus luteum membrane. The PGF_2α isoform 8-iso-PGF_2α was found in significantly increased amounts in patients with endometriosis, thus being a potential causative link in endometriosis-associated oxidative stress.