See Also: somatotropin release-inhibiting factor(medicine)
somatotropin release-inhibiting hormone(medicine)
msh release-inhibiting hormone(medicine)
prolactin release-inhibiting hormone(medicine)
pituitary hormone release inhibiting hormones(medicine)
Somatotropin-releasing factor(medicine)
prolactin-inhibiting factor(medicine)
mullerian inhibiting factor(medicine)
release factor(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

somatotropin release-inhibiting factor (medicine)


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somatostatin
<protein> Gastrointestinal and hypothalmic peptide hormone (two forms: 14 and 28 residues), found in gastric mucosa, pancreatic islets, nerves of the gastrointestinal tract, in posterior pituitary and in the central nervous system. Inhibits gastric secretion and motility: in hypothalamus/pituitary inhibits somatotropin release.