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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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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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Review
1992
Review
1992
Relation between systemic hypertension and pain perception.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Purification and characterization of a paired basic residue-specific pro-opiomelanocortin converting enzyme from bovine pituitary intermediate lobe secretory vesicles.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Beta-endorphin and adrenocorticotropin in extrapituitary sites: gastrointestinal tract.
Beta-Endorphin and ACTH immunoassays were employed to examine the concentrations, distributions, and character of those peptides… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Placental beta-endorphin-like peptides.
Acid extract of human placental tissue contain, by both radioimmunoassay and radioreceptor assay, beta-endrophin-like material… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Influence of N-terminal acetylation and C-terminal proteolysis on the analgesic activity of beta-endorphin.
Removal of one, two and four amino-acid residues from the C-terminus of beta-endorphin ('lipotropin C-Fragment', lipotropin… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
SENSITIVITY TO ENKEPHALIN AS A CAUSE OF NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Cardiovascular effects of morphine and opioid peptides following intracisternal administration in chloralose-anesthetized rats.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
beta-Endorphin induces nonconvulsive limbic seizures.
The endogenous opioid peptide, beta-endorphin, induces nonconvulsive limbic epileptiform activity when administered… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Existence of a common precursor to ACTH and endorphin in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituitary.
Extracts of rat anterior and intermediate-posterior pituitary were fractionated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Characterization of a common precursor to corticotropin and beta-lipotropin: identification of beta-lipotropin peptides and their arrangement relative to corticotropin in the precursor synthesized in…
Radioactive proteins synthesized in an mRNA-dependent reticulocyte cell-free system under the direction of mRNA from AtT-20/D-16v… 
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