Related MeSH Hierarchy (8)
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » beta-MSH
Description
An 18-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of gamma-lipotropin which is the N-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. Beta-MSH is shown to regulate skin pigmentation, steroid production, and feeding. MeSH
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