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Descriptor English: beta-MSH
Descriptor Spanish: beta-MSH
Descriptor beta-MSH
Entry term(s) HEM beta
MSH beta
hormona beta estimuladora de melanocitos
hormona beta estimulante de melanocitos
hormona estimuladora de los melanocitos beta
hormona estimulante de melanocitos beta
intermedina beta
Scope note: Péptido de 18 aminoácidos que es el fragmento C-terminal de la lipotropina gamma que constituye el fragmento N-terminal de la LIPOTROPINA BETA. La MSH beta regula la pigmentación cutánea, la producción de esteroides y la alimentación.
Descriptor Portuguese: beta-MSH
Descriptor French: Hormone mélanotrope bêta
Entry term(s): Intermedin, beta
MSH, beta
Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone, beta
Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, beta
beta Intermedin
beta MSH
beta Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
beta Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
beta Melanotropin
beta-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
beta-Melanotropin
Tree number(s): D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.075
D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.075
D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.075
D12.644.400.460.075
D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.075
D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.075
D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.075
D12.776.631.650.460.075
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019824
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: 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
Pharm Action: Hormones
Public MeSH Note: 1998
History Note: 1998
DeCS ID: 34405
Unique ID: D019824
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2019/04/08
beta-MSH - Preferred
Concept UI M0328127
Scope note 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.
Preferred term beta-MSH
Entry term(s) Intermedin, beta
MSH, beta
Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone, beta
Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, beta
beta Intermedin
beta MSH
beta Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
beta Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
beta Melanotropin
beta-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
beta-Melanotropin



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