1977 Volume 25 Issue 12 Pages 3155-3162
A physicochemical and mathematical model of the mechanism of physiological action was assumed, and the model was applied on prostaglandins. A conformation-action relationship was studied using the model, and high values of correlation coefficients were obtained. Biological activities of prostaglandins on rat uterus, guinea pig ileum, and rabbit jejunum were explained using the model. Active sites of prostaglandins were derived from the mathematical model. They are the oxygen atom bonded to the carbon atom C1, the oxygen atom bonded to C9, the oxygen atom bonded to C15, and the carbon atom C5 or C20.