Platelet Activating Factor
A phospholipid derivative formed by PLATELETS; BASOPHILS; NEUTROPHILS; MONOCYTES; and MACROPHAGES. It is a potent platelet aggregating agent and inducer of systemic anaphylactic symptoms, including HYPOTENSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; and BRONCHOCONSTRICTION.
Year introduced: 1983(1979)
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Tree Number(s): D02.033.100.291.211.500, D02.092.063.291.211.500, D02.092.877.883.333.710, D02.675.276.232.710, D10.570.755.375.760.400.985.910, D23.119.865, D23.469.050.600
MeSH Unique ID: D010972
Entry Terms:
- Factor, Platelet Activating
- Platelet Aggregation Enhancing Factor
- Platelet-Activating Substance
- Platelet Activating Substance
- Thrombocyte Aggregating Activity
- 1-Alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerophosphocholine
- 1 Alkyl 2 acetyl sn glycerophosphocholine
- Acetyl Glyceryl Ether Phosphorylcholine
- AGEPC
- PAF-Acether
- PAF Acether
- Platelet Aggregating Factor
- Aggregating Factor, Platelet
- Phosphorylcholine, Acetyl Glyceryl Ether
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