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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > Motilin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Motilin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Motilin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Motilin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gastrointestinal Hormones > Motilin

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Motilin  

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Scope note

  • A peptide of about 22-amino acids isolated from the DUODENUM. At low pH it inhibits gastric motor activity, whereas at high pH it has a stimulating effect.

History note

  • 86(77); was see under GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES 1977-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009037

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