title: Negative correlation of cigarette smoking and dysmenorrhea: reduced prostaglandin synthesis due to beta-endorphin, nicotine, or acrolein antagonism.
abstract: It is suggested that the mechanism for decreased incidence of dysmenorrhea in female cigarette smokers may lie in the possible inhibition of algesic prostaglandins smoking induced stimulation of beta-endorphin, nicotine, or acrolein.
authors.affiliation: Mount Pleasant Hospital Addiction Studies Foundation, Mount Pleasant Hospital, Lynn, MA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Backon
mesh_terms: D000171:Acrolein / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011448:Prostaglandin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood*; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D011448:Prostaglandin Antagonists; D001615:beta-Endorphin; D009538:Nicotine; D000171:Acrolein; D000527:Alprostadil