User:Diberri/Peptide hormone nomenclature
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In 1975, the IUPAC-IUB provided some nomenclature recommendations for peptide hormones. Though not all in widespread use, they do crop up every so often, and so it's worth mentioning alternate names where appropriate.
General guidelines
In brief, the general guidelines are:
- new names for hormones of the adenohypophysis bear the ending "-tropin";
- hypothalamic releasing factors (hormones) bear the ending "-liberin";
- hypothalamic release-inhibiting factors (hormones) bear the ending "-statin"
Peptide hormone trivial names
Below is a necessarily exclusive list of peptide hormones and their trivial names.
External link
- IUPAC-IUB Peptide hormone nomenclature (http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/misc/phorm.html)