Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

Preferred term

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the ADRENAL CORTEX and its production of CORTICOSTEROIDS. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical in all species and contains the adrenocorticotrophic activity. Upon further tissue-specific processing, ACTH can yield ALPHA-MSH and corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP).

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • 1-39 ACTH
  • 9002-60-2
  • ACTH
  • ACTH (1-39)
  • Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone
  • Adrenocorticotropin
  • Corticotrophin
  • Corticotrophin (1-39)
  • Corticotropin
  • Corticotropin (1-39)

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Hormone corticotrope

    French

  • 9002-60-2
  • ACTH
  • ACTH (1-39)
  • Adrénocorticotrophine
  • Adrénocorticotropine
  • Corticostimuline
  • Corticotrophine
  • Corticotrophine (1-39)
  • Corticotropine
  • Corticotropine (1-39)
  • Hormone adrénocorticotrope
  • Hormone adrénocorticotrophique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SCDVMWHT-X

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 11/23/15