Download the app
educalingo
melanotropin

Meaning of "melanotropin" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MELANOTROPIN

ˌmɛlənəʊˈtrəʊpɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELANOTROPIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Melanotropin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MELANOTROPIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

The melanocyte-stimulating hormones are a class of peptide hormones that are produced by cells in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. Synthetic analogs of these naturally occurring hormones have also been developed and researched.

Definition of melanotropin in the English dictionary

The definition of melanotropin in the dictionary is a hormone of the pituitary gland that stimulates the production and dispersion of melanin, darkening the skin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELANOTROPIN

corticotropin · Crispin · galopin · gonadotropin · hairpin · kingpin · lapin · lipotropin · lupin · luteotropin · pin · pippin · repin · somatotropin · somatotropine · spin · thyrotropin · tropin · Turpin · underpin

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELANOTROPIN

melanoblast · Melanochroi · melanochroic · Melanochroid · melanochroous · melanocyte · melanogeneses · melanogenesis · melanoid · melanoma · melanomata · melanophore · melanosis · melanosity · melanosome · melanotic · melanous · melanterite · melanuria · melanuric

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELANOTROPIN

atropin · Campin · Chaliapin · Chopin · clothespin · coppin · harpin · heliotropin · I-pin · isospin · lynchpin · on the spin · rolling pin · safety pin · sculpin · stick pin · terrapin · topspin · wheelspin · wrist pin

Synonyms and antonyms of melanotropin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «melanotropin» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MELANOTROPIN

Find out the translation of melanotropin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of melanotropin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «melanotropin» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

黑素
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

melanotropina
570 millions of speakers
en

English

melanotropin
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

melanotropin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موجهة الميلانين
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

меланотропина
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

melanotropin
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

melanotropin
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

mélanotropine
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Melanotropin
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Melanotropin
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

メラノトロピン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

melanotropin
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Melanotropin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

melanotropin
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

melanotropin
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मेलानोट्रोपिन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

melanotropin
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

melanotropin
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Melanotropin
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

меланотропін
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

melanotropin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μελανοτροπίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melanotropien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

melanotropin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melanotropin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of melanotropin

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELANOTROPIN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of melanotropin
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «melanotropin».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about melanotropin

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELANOTROPIN»

Discover the use of melanotropin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to melanotropin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Peptides of the Pars Intermedia
Subject index Acetylation of corticotropin 50 Avoidance behaviour, active continued ofB-endorphin 36, 81, 90, 92, 93, 95, corticotropin and 264, 272 138 ['1 -endorphin and 266 of melanotropin 138 7~melanotmpin and 266, 269, 272 ACTH see ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
2
Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Melanotropin release inhibiting hormone p -MSH contains the same messenger heptapeptide sequence, but with different flanking amino acids: (bovine) Asp-Ser -Gly-Pro-Tyr-Lys-Met-Glu-His-Phe- Arg-Trp-Gly-Ser-Pro-Pro-Lys-Asp. Human ...
Thomas Scott, Eric Ian Mercer, 1997
3
Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology: The Whys and ...
... -oid, and -in(e) melanoliberin (melanotropin-releasing factor, melanotropin releasing hormone) derived (with contraction) from melanotropin and liberin melanophlogite SiO2⋅n(C,H,O,S), derived from melan(o)-, phlog(o)-, and -ite – referring ...
Alexander Senning, 2006
4
Human Blood Plasma Proteins: Structure and Function
Fact Sheet Classification POMC Abbreviations POMC Structures/motifs DB entries COLI_HUMAN/P01189 MW/length Melanotropin g: 1514 Da/11 aa PDB entries Corticotropin: 4541 Da/39 aa Melanotropin a: 1624/13 aa Lipotropin b: 9806 ...
Johann Schaller, Simon Gerber, Urs Kaempfer, 2008
5
Springer Handbook of Enzymes
... O-linked glycosylation at Thr45 greatly inhibits the ability to cleave the Arg49- Lys50 bond, <1,2> [4]) [3,4,6] P Lys-y3-melanotropin + NH2-terminal pro- opiomelanocortin1-49 <1,3> (+ y-melanotropin, minor product, <1> [3]) [3,6] S Pro -insulin ...
Dietmar Schomburg, Ida Schomburg, Antje Chang, 2002
6
Targeted Molecular Imaging
19 .2. Metal-Cyclized. Melanotropin. Peptides. of. Melanoma. imaging. 19 .3 Gastrin-releasing Peptide receptor-targeting Peptides 19 .4 radiolabeled Sth(1– 19), GC-C receptor-Specific. (TRT) radiopharmaceuticals (Anderson and Welch 1999; ...
Michael J. Welch, William C. Eckelman, 2012
7
Integration of Pharmaceutical Discovery and Development: ...
Hadley, M. E., Abdel-Malek, Z., Marwan, M. M., Kreutzfeld, K. L., and Hruby, V. J., 1985, : A superpotent melanotropin that "irreversibly" activates melanoma tyrosinase, Endoer. Res. 11:157–170. Hadley, M. E., Sharma, S. D., Hruby, V. J.,  ...
Ronald T. Borchardt, Roger M. Freidinger, Tomi K. Sawyer, 1998
8
Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents
Melanostatint M-00089 Melanotropin release-inhibiting factor. MIF. Melanocyte- stimulating-hormone-release inhibiting factor. MRIH [9083-38-9] Pro-Leu-Gly-NH, C|3HMN4Oj M 284.3 Hypothalamic hormone which acts in the pituitary of ...
C.R. Ganellin, David J. Triggle, 1996
9
The Fetus and Birth
It is localized mainly in the intermediate lobe, but some scattered cell groups containing 0t-melanotropin are also present in the anterior lobe. In two anencephalic pituitaries (35 and 48 weeks of pregnancy) 0t-melanotropin was absent.
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
10
Concise Encyclopedia Biology
Melanocyte stimulating hormone: see Melanotropin. Melanogrammus: see Haddock. Melanoptila: see Mimidae. Melanostomiidae: see Stomiiformes. Melanosuchus: see Alligatoridae. Melanotropin, melanocyte stimulating humane, MSH: a ...
‎1996

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELANOTROPIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term melanotropin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gut Bacteria May Affect Appetite
The team say ClpB can mimic a hormone known as alpha-melanotropin, which controls skin pigmentation and plays a role as a satiety signal in ... «PsychCentral.com, Feb 15»
2
Skin Disease Drug Wins European Approval
Dorr said this is the first approval of a pure melanotropin, which is a hormone that causes dispersion of melanin and results in darkening of the ... «Drug Discovery & Development, Nov 14»
3
Skin Disease Drug Finally Wins Approval
Dorr said this is the first approval of a pure melanotropin, which is a hormone that causes dispersion of melanin and results in darkening of the ... «UANews, Nov 14»
4
Can an antibiotic treat anorexia?
But ClpB is almost identical to a hormone that controls appetite called melanotropin – so the antibodies also attack the hormone. «Independent Online, Oct 14»
5
Anorexia/bulimia: A bacterial protein implicated
In this new study, the researchers have identified a protein that happens to be a mimic of the satiety hormone (melanotropin). This protein ... «EurekAlert, Oct 14»
6
DNA Discoverer Jim Watson Picks His Favorite Gene
In the body it gets broken up into different proteins, including melanotropin, which makes the skin darker when you've been in the sun, and ... «Forbes, May 12»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Melanotropin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/melanotropin>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN