tetranor-PGEM is the major urinary metabolite of PGE1 and PGE2, and is used as a marker of PGE2 biosynthesis. About 15% of an infused dose of PGE2 appears as this metabolite in the urine of humans. Normal healthy males excrete 7-40 μg of tetranor-PGEM over a 24-hour period.
The major urinary metabolite of Prostaglandin E2 (P838610).
ChEBI: A prostanoid that is prostaglandin E2 in which the acyclic hydroxy group has been oxidised to the corresponding ketone, the methyl group has been oxidised to the corresponding carboxylic acid and the 6-carboxyhexenyl group has been oxidatively cleaved to a
2-carboxyethyl group. It is the major urinary metabolite of prostaglandin E2.
