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PubChem Substance
Name: Human Growth Hormone
PubChem Substance ID: 168341
Description: 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.
Synonyms:
Growth hormone, human; Bio-Tropin; Serostim; Somatropine [French]; Humatrope; Human growth; SJ 0011; Somatotropin (human); Somatropinum [Latin]; Somatropin.
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