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Relaxin

Known as: Relaxin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A water-soluble polypeptide (molecular weight approximately 8,000) extractable from the corpus luteum of pregnancy. It produces relaxation of the… 
National Institutes of Health

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In BloodProcess of secretionagonistsanalogs & derivatives

Narrower (8)

N(alpha)-formyltyrosyl-relaxinRLN1 protein, humanRLN2 protein, humanRelaxin B

Broader (2)

peptide hormonereproductive hormone

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Relaxin on induction of parturition in beef heifers.
Purified porcine relaxin (3000 U/mg) was administered into the cervical os of primiparous beef heifers on day 278 of gestation… 
1984
1984
Morphological changes induced in mouse mammary gland by porcine and human relaxin.
The effects of pure porcine relaxin and of human decidual extracts with relaxin-like activity on the mammary gland of virgin mice… 
1983
1983
Immunohistochemical demonstration of relaxin in the genital tract of pregnant and nonpregnant women.
The biotin-avidin immunoperoxidase staining method and antisera against highly purified porcine relaxin were used to localize… 
1982
1982
Determination of the source of equine relaxin.
We have recently reported the profile of relaxin immunological activity in plasma throughout gestation in the mare. Based upon… 
1981
1981
Isolation and characterization of relaxin from the sand tiger shark (Odontaspis taurus).
A peptide with relaxin activity in guinea pigs but not in mice has been extracted from the ovaries of pregnant sand tiger sharks… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Immunoreactive relaxin-like substance in human seminal plasma.
Large amounts of an immunoreactive relaxin-like peptide were demonstrated in human seminal plasma. The concentrations of this… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Relaxin inhibits spontaneous and prostaglandin-driven myometrial activity in anaesthetized rats.
Porcine relaxin (250 guinea-pig units/mg) infused intravenously into anaesthetized rats at 20 micrograms/h reversibly abolished… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Relaxin concentrations in pig plasma following the administration of prostaglandin F2alpha during late pregnancy.
Concentrations of relaxin in peripheral plasma were measured following the injection of 10 mg of PGF2alpha to pregnant sows on… 
1976
1976
Relaxin: a product of the human corpus luteum of pregnancy.
Plasma samples from peripheral and ovarian veins were obtains from women at cesarean section. A peptide that immunologically… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Effects of relaxin on the endothelium of endometrial blood vessels in monkeys (Macaca mulatta).
Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the endothelium in certain maternal blood vessels of the uterine endometrium during gestation in… 
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