noun

• A hormone of the prostacyclin type released from blood platelets, which induces platelet aggregation and arterial constriction.

  ‘As a platelet is activated it can release ADP and thromboxane, both potent autocatalytic molecules.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Aspirin suppresses prostaglandin (which inhibits platelet activation and dilates blood vessels) and thromboxane (which encourages platelet activation and constricts vessels).’
  • ‘The sulfide metabolite of sulfinpyrazone affects platelet aggregation by inhibiting thromboxane production.’
  • ‘Prostacyclin stops blood clotting while thromboxane, as the name suggests, induces thrombus formation.’
  • ‘Cocaine enhances platelet aggregation as a result of increased levels of platelet agonists thromboxane [A.sub.2] and adrenaline.’