Some Metabolites of 9-Hydroxy-19,20-Bis-Nor-Prostanoic Acid

Some years ago (1,2) we began an investigation on the synthesis and the pharmacological properties (chiefly the hypolipemic activity and the activity against platelets aggregation) of very simple prostaglandin-like compounds having eighteen carbon atoms (instead of 20 carbon atoms of all known natural or synthetic prostaglandins).