ß-lipotropin

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β-lipotropin [lip″o-tro´pin]

a polypeptide synthesized by cells of the adenohypophysis which promotes fat mobilization and skin darkening by stimulation of melanocytes. It is the precursor molecule of β-endorphin and a melanocyte-stimulating hormone (β-MSH).

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