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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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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… 
1986
1986
Effects of porcine relaxin on oxytocin release from the neurohypophysis in the anaesthetized lactating rat.
The effect of relaxin on electrically evoked release of oxytocin from the posterior pituitary was examined by monitoring changes… 
1986
1986
Rabbit placental relaxin: ultrastructural localization in secretory granules of the syncytiotrophoblast using rabbit placental relaxin antiserum.
Although relaxin has been isolated from the placenta of the human, rabbit, horse, and cat, this study represents the first… 
1986
1986
Purification and characterization of equine relaxin.
It has been previously determined that the equine placenta is the sole significant source of relaxin during pregnancy and that… 
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… 
1981
1981
Relaxin inhibits myometrial activity in the ovariectomized non-pregnant ewe.
Myometrial activity was abolished abruptly but reversibly in 4 out of 5 ewes by the intravenous injection of 1 mg (500 GPU… 
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… 
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…