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beta-Endorphin

Known as: beta-Endorphin [Chemical/Ingredient], Beta endorphin, beta-Endorphin (1-31) 
A 31-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. It acts on OPIOID RECEPTORS and is an analgesic. Its first four amino… 
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Beta endorphin:MCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnBeta endorphin:PrThr:Pt:Ser/Plas:OrdBeta endorphin:SCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnIn Blood

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EndorphinsNeurotransmitter Agents

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Org 31318beta-endorphin (13-31)beta-endorphin (6-31)des-enkephalin-gamma-endorphin

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2009
2009
Preparation and properties of tritiated human beta-endorphin with high specific radioactivity.
Tritiated human beta-endorphin, specifically labelled at Tyr27, has been prepared with 50 Ci/mmol. Various physicochemical… 
1987
1987
Beta-endorphin in uterine secretions of pseudopregnant and ovariectomized, ovarian steroid-treated gilts.
Levels of beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity (beta END-LI) in uterine secretions were studied in pseudopregnant and… 
1985
1985
Diabetes Induced by Streptozocin Results in a Decrease in Immunoreactive Beta-Endorphin Levels in the Pituitary and Hypothalamus of Female Rats
Immunoreactive beta-endorphin (IR-BE) was measured by radioimmunoassay in the anterior pituitary (AP), neurointermediate lobe of… 
1984
1984
Beta-endorphin and adrenocorticotropin release from rat adenohypophysis in vitro: evidence for local modulation by arachidonic acid metabolites of the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathway.
This study was performed to examine an involvement of adenohypophysial arachidonic acid metabolites in the local mechanisms… 
1983
1983
Fetomaternal Opioid Levels and Parturition
The present study evaluates the plasma level changes in β-lipotropin and β-endorphin in nine women at term throughout spontaneous… 
1981
1981
Morphine and naloxone: effects on beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in canine plasma and secretions from rat pituitaries.
Morphine and naloxone were administered to five dogs to assess their effects on endogenous opioid release. Morphine (3 mg/20 kg… 
1980
1980
Human placental beta-endorphin.
Human acid-acetone placental powder (PP) has corticotrophin-like and beta-endorphin(beta-EP)-like activity. In a beta-EP… 
1979
1979
beta-Endorphin: formation of alpha-helix in lipid solutions.
Human beta-endorphin adopts a partial helical conformation in aqueous solutions of cerebroside sulfate, ganglioside GM1… 
1979
1979
Endorphins in schizophrenia: hemodialysis/hemoperfusion are ineffective in clearing beta-Leu5-endorphin and beta-endorphin from human plasma.
Beta-Leu5-endorphin, a relative of "normal" beta-endorphin in which leucine is substituted for methionine at position 5 of the… 
1977
1977
In vitro biosynthesis of beta-endorphin, gamma-lipoprotein, and beta-lipotropin by the pars intermedia of beef pituitary glands.
Labeled amino acids were incorporated with proteins during incubations of isolated cells from the pars intermedia of beef…