PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE LIPIDS IN EXTRACTS MADE FROM HUMAN FALLOPIAN TUBE AND OVARY

1. Polypeptides with smooth-muscle stimulating activity are not present in extracts made from isthmus and ampulla of human Fallopian tube, and from human ovary. 2. Prostaglandin-like activity exists in the ampulla but not in the isthmus of the tube or in the ovary. 3. In the ampulla, there are probably two prostaglandin-like compounds which do not seem to be identical with prostaglandins E1 and F2α. © 1969 Springer-Verlag.