The biochemical role of platelet-activating factor in reproduction

RA Frenkel, K Muguruma, JM Johnston - Progress in lipid research, 1996 - Elsevier
The term platelet-activating factor (PAF) was first utilized to describe the factor (s) from
sensitized rabbit basophils capable of causing platelet aggregation, t Subsequently, PAF
was shown to be derived from a variety of cell types, including neutrophils, mononuclear
phagocytes and other inflammatory cells in various species, including man. The chemical
structure of this compound was established independently by two groups of investigators in
the autumn of 19792'3 as 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. Hanahan and …