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Atrial natriuretic peptide

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000551

A potent natriuretic and vasodilatory peptide or mixture of different-sized low molecular weight peptides derived from a common precursor and secreted mainly by the heart atrium. All these peptides share a sequence of about 20 amino acids.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000551
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsatrial natriuretic factor
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoNatriuretic peptides
TranslationsSpanish: péptido natriurético auricular
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000551",
  "term": "Atrial natriuretic peptide",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A potent natriuretic and vasodilatory peptide or mixture of different-sized low molecular weight peptides derived from a common precursor and secreted mainly by the heart atrium. All these peptides share a sequence of about 20 amino acids.",
  "synonyms": [
    "atrial natriuretic factor"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "natriuretic peptides"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "péptido natriurético auricular"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/atrial-natriuretic-peptide/"
}

Record 545 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.