Ghrelin, food intake, and botanical extracts: A Review
A kind of growth hormone secretagogue (GHS), ghrelin, was first isolated from the rat stomach and plays a major role in the activation of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (GHS-R1a) resulting the release of growth hormone (GH). The preproghrelin gene is placed on chromosome 3, at locus 3p2...
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Language: | English |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2015-06-01
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Series: | Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine |
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Online Access: | http://ajp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_4196_d5822c012ac03c6660b3defa5da4e070.html |