The aggregation and ATP release of placelet of normal subjects were measured by platelet lumi-aggregometer. It was found that the aggregation curve induced by SJAMP at the concentration of 100 mg/L was a typical second phase aggregation. There existed a certain lag between platelet aggregation and secretion. The secretion actually began slightly after the second phase of aggregation, suggesting that the second phase aggregation induced by SJAMP is not dependent upon the release of contents of dense granule alone. If platelets were incubated with cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, the second phase aggregation was inhibited and no ATP was released. The results indicated that the aggregation and release reaction induced by SJAMP were dependent upon the generation of prostaglandin endoperoxides and TXA2 in normal subjects. The amount of ATP release was 0.69 +/- 0.22 nmol/10(8) platelets as stimulated with SJAMP (100 mg/L). But the amount of ATP release were 1.60 +/- 0.25 and 1.37 +/- 0.15 nmol/10(8) platelets when platelets were stimulated with ADP (5 mumol/L) and collagen (5 mg/L). The amount of ATP release induced by SJAMP was significantly lower than that of ADP and collagen. These findings indicated that SJAMP was a weaker agonist than ADP in terms of platelets release reaction.