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Descriptor English: Ceruletide
Descriptor Spanish: Ceruletida
Descriptor ceruletida
Entry term(s) ceruleína
Scope note: Decapéptido específico obtenido de la piel del Hila caerulea, un anfibio australiano. La ceruleína es similar en acción y composición a la COLECISTOCININA. Estimula las secreciones gástrica, biliar y pancreática y determinada musculatura lisa. Se emplea en el íleo paralítico y como medio diagnóstico de disfunción pancreática.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ceruletídeo
Descriptor French: Céruléine
Entry term(s): Caerulein
Cerulein
Ceruletid
FI 6934
FI-6934
FI6934
Takus
Tree number(s): D12.644.456.241
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002108
Scope note: A specific decapeptide obtained from the skin of Hila caerulea, an Australian amphibian. Caerulein is similar in action and composition to CHOLECYSTOKININ. It stimulates gastric, biliary, and pancreatic secretion; and certain smooth muscle. It is used in paralytic ileus and as diagnostic aid in pancreatic malfunction.
Annotation: do not confuse entry term CERULEIN with CERULENIN
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Registry Number: 888Y08971B
CAS Type 1 Name: Caerulein
Previous Indexing: Gastrointestinal Agents (1967-1971)
Peptides (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 2013; see CAERULEIN 1972-2013
History Note: 2013(1972)
DeCS ID: 2141
Unique ID: D002108
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Ceruletide - Preferred
Concept UI M0003135
Scope note A specific decapeptide obtained from the skin of Hila caerulea, an Australian amphibian. Caerulein is similar in action and composition to CHOLECYSTOKININ. It stimulates gastric, biliary, and pancreatic secretion; and certain smooth muscle. It is used in paralytic ileus and as diagnostic aid in pancreatic malfunction.
Preferred term Ceruletide
Entry term(s) Caerulein
Cerulein
Ceruletid
FI-6934 - Narrower
Concept UI M0373519
Preferred term FI-6934
Entry term(s) FI 6934
FI6934
Takus - Narrower
Concept UI M0003136
Preferred term Takus



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