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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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Narrower (8)

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

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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… 
1985
1985
Rabbit placental relaxin: purification and immunohistochemical localization.
Rabbit placentas were extracted with 0.7 N HCl-acetone (3:5, vol/vol) containing protease inhibitors. Gel filtration (Sephadex G… 
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… 
1981
1981
Placental control of ovarian immunoreactive relaxin secretion in the pregnant rat.
To investigate the control mechanisms for the secretion of relaxin in pregnant rats, the effects of the fetus, placenta, and… 
1979
1979
Plasma relaxin immunoactivity in the pig at parturition and during nuzzling and suckling.
One sow bled at 30--60-min intervals for 48 h at 5 and 4 days before parturition had mean +/- s.e.m. relaxin levels of 5.0 +/- 0… 
1978
1978
Localization of relaxin in the pregnant rat. Bioassay of tissue extracts and cell fractionation studies.
Several tissues from pregnant rats were bioassayed to detect relaxin activity. Only the ovary possessed such activity;the highest… 
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… 
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… 
1962
1962
Effect of certain drugs on perfused human placenta. I. Narcotic analgesics, serotonin, and relaxin.
Perfusion studies conducted on full term human placentas yielded results indicating that morphine sulfate exhibited a direct…