Corticotropin
Related Category: Biochemistry
(kôr´´təkōtrōp´ən): see
adrenocorticotropic hormone.
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - polypeptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Its chief function is to stimulate the cortex of the adrenal gland to secrete adrenocortical steroids, chief among them cortisone. The re...