History and naming of prostaglandins

Question 1

Prostaglandins were believed to be part of ————— secretions , and eventually were discovered to be produced by the ————-vesicles.

Answer 1

Prostaglandins were believed to be part of the prostatic secretions, and eventually were discovered to be produced by the seminal vesicles.
The name prostaglandin derives from the prostate gland, chosen when prostaglandin was first isolated from seminal fluid in 1935

Question 2

When was the effect of aspirin on prostaglandins discovered?

Answer 2

In 1971, it was determined that aspirin-like drugs could inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins. The biochemists Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane jointly received the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on prostaglandins