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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones > beta-MSH
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones > beta-MSH
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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones > beta-MSH

Preferred term

beta-MSH  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An 18-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of gamma-lipotropin which is the N-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. Beta-MSH is shown to regulate skin pigmentation, steroid production, and feeding.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • beta Intermedin
  • beta-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
  • beta-Melanotropin
  • Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, beta
  • MSH, beta

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Hormone mélanotrope bêta

    French

  • beta-MSH
  • bêta-MSH
  • Hormone mélanostimulante bêta
  • Hormone stimulant les mélanocytes bêta
  • Mélanotropine bêta
  • MSH-beta
  • MSH-bêta

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z0TVCZBG-M

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