Chemicals and Drugs

Synthetic Prostaglandins

Compounds obtained by chemical synthesis that are analogs or derivatives of naturally occurring prostaglandins and that have similar activity.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Compounds obtained by chemical synthesis that are analogs or derivatives of naturally occurring prostaglandins and that have similar activity.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • PG Analog
  • PG Analogs
  • Prostaglandin Analog
  • Prostaglandin Analogs
  • Prostaglandin Analogue
  • Prostaglandin Analogues
  • Prostaglandins, Synthetic
  • Synthetic Prostaglandin
  • Analog, PG
  • Analog, Prostaglandin
  • Analogs, PG
  • Analogs, Prostaglandin
  • Analogue, Prostaglandin
  • Analogues, Prostaglandin
  • Prostaglandin, Synthetic

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; for synthetic prostaglandins not precoord, coord specific non-synthetic (natural) prostaglandin term (NIM) and PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC (IM)

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated (1975-1976)
  • Prostaglandins (1966-1976)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Synthetic Prostaglandins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011465. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011465
  2. Synthetic Prostaglandins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76625282