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

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Peptide YY  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Peptide, PYY
  • PYY Peptide

Scope note

  • A 36-amino acid peptide produced by the L cells of the distal small intestine and colon. Peptide YY inhibits gastric and pancreatic secretion.

History note

  • 98; use PEPTIDE YY (NM) 1982-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019894

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