Chemicals and Drugs

Human Growth Hormone

A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.

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Abstract

A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.

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Synonyms

24 entry terms
  • Somatotropin (Human)
  • Somatropin
  • Somatropin (Human)
  • hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
  • Growth Hormone, Human
  • Cryo-Tropin
  • Genotonorm
  • Genotropin
  • Humatrope
  • Maxomat
  • Norditropin
  • Norditropin Simplexx
  • Norditropine
  • Nutropin
  • Omnitrope
  • Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian)
  • Saizen
  • Serostim
  • Umatrope
  • Zomacton
  • r-hGH(m)
  • r-hGH-M
  • Cryo Tropin
  • CryoTropin

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Aspects Covered

30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, 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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Indexing Annotation

GROWTH HORMONE, unspecified is also available; despite entry term, coordinate with RECOMBINANT PROTEINS for recombinant human growth hormone

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History Note

2003 (1997); for SEROSTIM use SOMATOTROPINS, RECOMBINANT (NM) 1996-2002; use NORDITROPIN (NM) 1992-1996

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Previous Indexing

  • Recombinant Proteins (1986-1996)
  • Somatotropin (1976-1996)

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  1. D06.472w.699w.631.525.425w.875
  2. D12.644w.548w.691.525.425w.875

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Human Growth Hormone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019382. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019382
  2. Human Growth Hormone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58526200