"alpha-Endorphin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An endogenous opioid peptide derived from BETA-LIPOTROPIN of the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) system. It is the 16-amino acid sequence of the N-terminal of BETA-ENDORPHIN and differs from GAMMA-ENDORPHIN by one amino acid (beta-endorphin 1-17).
| Descriptor ID |
D018822
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.119 D06.472.699.631.525.600.119 D12.644.400.400.935.119 D12.644.400.575.241.039 D12.644.468.241.039 D12.644.548.365.935.119 D12.644.548.691.525.690.119 D12.776.641.650.405.935.119 D12.776.641.650.575.241.080.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Endorphin- alpha-Endorphin
- alpha Endorphin
- beta-Endorphin (1-16)
- Endorphin, alpha
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