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Pentagastrin

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004785

A synthetic polypeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally. It stimulates the secretion of gastric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor, and has been used as a diagnostic aid.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004785
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPolypeptides; Gastrins
TranslationsSpanish: pentagastrina
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004785",
  "term": "Pentagastrin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A synthetic polypeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally. It stimulates the secretion of gastric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor, and has been used as a diagnostic aid.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "polypeptides",
    "gastrins"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "pentagastrina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/pentagastrin/"
}

Record 4,720 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.