Prostaglandin


  • 20 carbon acid.
  • Secreted by uterus in some animals to cause luteolysis.
  • Luteolysis is the demise of the corpus luteum.
  • After luteolysis, progesterone declines and allows FSH and LH to resume follicular growth and ovulation in polyestrous species.


contributed by Bruce E Eilts on 20-June-2001

contributed by Bruce E Eilts on 25 September 2012




 

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