Platelet-activating factor (PAF) exhibits a variety of biological activities and it be thought to involved in various pathophysiological process. In this paper, some studies were summarized about those roles ofPAF in a variety productive processes of female of mammalian that inctude fertilization, implantation and parturition, and that was involved in the concentration, synthesis, deiradation and some assay methods of PAF. Therelationship between PAF and early pregnancy factor (EPF) was reviewed.
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