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Abstract
One of the three major groups of endogenous opioid peptides. They are large peptides derived from the PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN precursor. The known members of this group are alpha-, beta-, and gamma-endorphin. The term endorphin is also sometimes used to refer to all opioid peptides, but the narrower sense is used here; OPIOID PEPTIDES is used for the broader group.
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- Endorphin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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78(Aug 77); was see under PEPTIDES Aug-Dec 1977
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- Nerve Tissue Proteins (1966-Jul 1977)
- Peptides (1966-Jul 1977)
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- National Library of Medicine. Endorphins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004723. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004723
- Endorphins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorphins
- Endorphins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190528