Assertion: prostaglandin | /r/HasProperty | thromboxane
Facets:
value: collectively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Prostanoids are a subclass of eicosanoids consisting of the prostaglandins (mediators of inflammatory and anaphylactic reactions), the thromboxanes (mediators of vasoconstriction), and the prostacyclins (active in the resolution phase of inflammation.)
text: When a blood vessel is injured, a prostaglandin called thromboxane stimulates the formation of a blood clot to try to heal the damage; it also causes the muscle in the blood vessel wall to contract (causing the blood vessel to narrow) to try to prevent blood loss.
text: Prostaglandins and related compounds (collectively referred to as prostanoids or eicosanoids) such as prostacyclin (PGI2), leukotrienes (LTs) and thromboxanes (TXs) are produced by many different cells in the body.