See Also: vasoactive intestinal contractor(medicine)
vasoactive intestinal peptide(medicine)
vasoactive intestinal polypeptide(medicine)
receptors, vasoactive intestinal peptide(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
vasoactive(medicine)
vasoactive(dictionary)
vasoactive amine(medicine)
Promethazine(health)
Promethazine hcl(health)

vasoactive intestinal peptide (medicine) and promethazine (iou)


vasoactive intestinal peptide (medicine)


vasoactive intestinal peptide
<gastroenterology, protein> Peptide of 28 amino acids, originally isolated from porcine intestine, but later found in the central nervous system where it acts as a neuropeptide and is released by specific interneurons. May also affect behaviour of cells of the immune system.

Acronym: VIP


promethazine (iou)



promethazine noun. M20.
[from PRO(PYL + METH(YL + AZINE.]
Pharmacology. A bitter-tasting phenothiazine derivative, C17H20N2S, related to promazine, used as an antihistamine, anti-emetic, and sedative.
? A proprietary name for this drug is PHENERGAN.