| msh | <chemical> Peptide hormones secreted by the intermediate lobe of the pituitary that stimulate melanin release and dispersal. Melanocyte-stimulating hormones are also found in the brain where they are presumed to play a signaling role. Chemical name: Melanotropin (12 Dec 1998) |
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| msh release-inhibiting hormone | <chemical> An oligopeptide hormone produced in the hypothalamus that inhibits the release of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (msh). Chemical name: Melanostatin (12 Dec 1998) |
| msh-releasing hormone | A polypeptide hormone which originates in the hypothalamus and stimulates secretion of melanocyte-stimulating hormones in the pituitary gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alpha-msh | <chemical> A 13-amino acid peptide derived from the anterior pituitary gland in man and from the pars intermedia in lower vertebrates. Its amino acid sequence is identical to the first 13 amino acids of acth. It influences the formation of deposition of melanin in the body and produces colour changes in the skin of amphibians, fishes and reptiles. It is secreted in humans only during foetal life and occasionally during pregnancy. Chemical name: alpha-Melanotropin (pig) (12 Dec 1998) |
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