Β-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

id: melanocyte-stimulating-hormone-231-723909
title: Β-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
text: β-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (β-MSH) is an endogenous peptide hormone and neuropeptide. It is a melanocortin, specifically, one of the three types of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), and is produced from proopiomelanocortin (POMC). It is an agonist of the MC1, MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors. β-MSH is also known to decrease food intake in animals such as rats, chicken due to the effect of proopiomelanocortin (POMC). Research was performed to see the effect β-MSH has on chicks, and it has be
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description: Chemical compound
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92-Melanocyte-stimulating_hormone
date created: 2015-05-26T07:34:30Z
date modified: 2024-09-15T18:24:46Z
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