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Descriptor English:   Urotensins 
Descriptor Spanish:   Urotensinas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Urotensinas 
Tree Number:   D06.472.699.905
D12.644.548.905
D23.469.050.375.925
Definition English:   Teleost hormones. A family of small peptides isolated from urophyses of bony fishes. They have many different physiological effects, including long-lasting hypotensive activity and have been proposed as antihypertensives. There are at least four different compounds: urotensin I, urotensin II, urotensin III, and urotensin IV. 
Indexing Annotation English:   antihypertensives; from urophyses of fish; /biosyn /physiol permitted
History Note English:   91(79); was see under PEPTIDES 1979-90 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AG agonists AN analysis
AI antagonists & inhibitors BI biosynthesis
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CS chemical synthesis CH chemistry
CL classification CT contraindications
DU diagnostic use DE drug effects
EC economics GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
IP isolation & purification ME metabolism
PK pharmacokinetics PD pharmacology
PH physiology PO poisoning
RE radiation effects SE secretion
ST standards SD supply & distribution
TU therapeutic use TO toxicity
UR urine  
Record Number:   14981 
Unique Identifier:   D014579 

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