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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Urotensins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Urotensins
Biological Factors > Inflammation Mediators > Autacoids > Kinins > Urotensins
Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Kinins > Urotensins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Kinins > Urotensins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Kinins > Urotensins

Preferred term

Urotensins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Urotensin

Note

  • antihypertensives; from urophyses of fish; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Teleost hormones. A family of small peptides isolated from urophyses of bony fishes. They have many different physiological effects, including long-lasting hypotensive activity and have been proposed as antihypertensives. There are at least four different compounds: urotensin I, urotensin II, urotensin III, and urotensin IV.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under PEPTIDES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014579

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