See Also: Somatotropin-releasing factor(medicine)
Somatotropin-releasing hormone(medicine)
somatotropin release-inhibiting factor(medicine)
TSH releasing factor(medicine)
corticotrophin releasing factor(medicine)
corticotropin-releasing factor(medicine)
gonadotropin-releasing factor(medicine)
prolactin-releasing factor(medicine)
adrenocorticotropic releasing factor(medicine)
thyrotropin-releasing factor(medicine)

Somatotropin-releasing factor (medicine)


somatotropin-releasing factor -->
somatoliberin


A decapeptide released by the hypothalamus, which induces the release of human growth hormone (somatotropin).

Synonym: growth hormone-releasing factor, growth hormone-releasing hormone, somatotropin-releasing factor, somatotropin-releasing hormone.

Origin: somatotropin + L. Libero, to free, + -in