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SOMATOSTATIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
CONT

Somatostatin (also known as somatotropin release-inhibiting factor [SRIF]) is a tetradecapeptide; a 28-amino acid precursor [which] also has GH [growth hormone] inhibitory properties. Somatostatin blocks the rise in GH that occurs with all stimuli in a dose-dependent manner.

Key term(s)
  • somatofropin release inhibiting factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
DEF

Hormone inhibitrice de la sécrétion hypophysaire de l'hormone de croissance et de l'hormone thyréotrope. Au niveau du pancréas, elle inhibe la libération d'insuline, de glucagon et de gastrine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hormonas
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