Polyhydroxylated by-products of the enzymatic conversion of tritiated arachidonic acid into prostaglandins by sheep seminal vesicles
Abstract
In the biosynthesis of prostaglandins by sheep seminal vesicles, the prostaglandin E fraction after treatment with alkali to convert PGE2 into PGB2 contained four major compounds still migrating on t.l.c. in the PGE region: (I), (II), and (IV) were derived from triatiated arachidonic acid and (III) was derived from endogenous eicosatrienoic acid.