The Prostaglandins

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. General Introduction and Some Pharmacological Actions of Prostaglandins

   • Sultan M. M. Karim, Keith Hillier

   Pages 1-46

3. Prostaglandins and Reproduction in Sub-Human Primates

   • Kenneth T. Kirton

   Pages 47-70

4. Prostaglandins and Human Reproduction: Physiological Roles and Clinical Uses of Prostaglandins in Relation to Human Reproduction

   • Sultan M. M. Karim

   Pages 71-164

5. Cardiovascular and Renal Actions of Prostaglandins

   • Sultan M. M. Karim, Kris Somers

   Pages 165-203

6. Effects of Prostaglandins on the Gastrointestinal Tract

   • Alan Bennett

   Pages 205-221

7. Effects of Prostaglandins on the Respiratory System

   • Antony P. Smith

   Pages 223-238

8. Effects of Prostaglandins on Platelet Function

   • Natu J. Mody

   Pages 239-262

9. Prostaglandin Antagonists

   • Kenneth E. Eakins, John H. Sanner

   Pages 263-292

10. The Chemistry of the Prostaglandins

    • William P. Schneider

    Pages 293-319

11. Back Matter

    Pages 320-327

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The voluminous literature on prostaglandins includes some excellent reviews. For some time however, there has been a need for the collection in one volume of information from individual experts actively engaged in different aspects of prostaglandin research. This book is an attempt to fulfil that need. In view of the expanding interest and ever-growing accumulation of data of the various effects of prostaglandins it is hoped to revise the book and bring it up-to-date periodically. The largest section is that on reproduction, in which field progress in research and clinical applications thereof have been, and are, of great significance particularly in the area of popula­ tion control. This is not to decry the skill and efforts of investi­ gators in other aspects of prostaglandin activity nor the potential biological or therapeutic importance of their findings. In this context, what may appear to be omissions are individual sections on prostaglandin activity in the central nervous system, in the eye and as mediators of the inflammatory response. These are considered in the chapter on General Pharmacology of the Prostaglandins not because they might be considered to be of lesser impact and significance but in order to achieve a rapid publication of the book. S. M. M. KARIM Kampala, Uganda. January 1972. Acknowledgements Tables and Figures previously published are, in general, acknowledged by the reference in the legends and I am grateful to the authors, editors and publishers for their per­ mission.

• Prostaglandin
• chemistry
• pharmacology
• research

• Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda

  Sultan M. M. Karim

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