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Descriptor English:   Adrenocorticotropic Hormone 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hormônio Adrenocorticotrópico 
Synonyms English:   1-39 ACTH
ACTH
ACTH (1-39)
Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone
Adrenocorticotropin
Corticotrophin
Corticotrophin (1-39)
Corticotropin
Corticotropin (1-39)
Hormone, Adrenocorticotrophic
Hormone, Adrenocorticotropic  
Tree Number:   D06.472.699.327.935.531.500
D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.500
D12.644.400.400.935.531.500
D12.644.548.365.935.531.500
D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.500
D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.500
Definition English:   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). 
Pharmacological Action:   Hormones
 
See Related English:   Petrosal Sinus Sampling
Receptors, Corticotropin
 
History Note English:   2007, 1987-1993 (1963) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AG agonists AA analogs & derivatives
AN analysis AI antagonists & inhibitors
BI biosynthesis BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CS chemical synthesis
CH chemistry CL classification
DF deficiency DE drug effects
EC economics GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
IP isolation & purification ME metabolism
PK pharmacokinetics PD pharmacology
PH physiology PO poisoning
RE radiation effects ST standards
SD supply & distribution TU therapeutic use
TO toxicity UR urine
Record Number:   31706 
Unique Identifier:   D000324 

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