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MeSH Heading: Glucagon
Tree Number(s): D06.472.699.587.730.500; D12.644.548.586.730.500
Unique ID: D005934
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005934
Annotation: do not confuse with GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES secreted by the intestine
Scope Note: A 29-amino acid pancreatic peptide derived from proglucagon which is also the precursor of intestinal GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES. Glucagon is secreted by PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS and plays an important role in regulation of BLOOD GLUCOSE concentration, ketone metabolism, and several other biochemical and physiological processes. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p1511)
Entry Term(s): Glucagon (1-29); Glukagon; HG-Factor; Hyperglycemic-Glycogenolytic Factor; Proglucagon (33-61)
Pharm Action: Gastrointestinal Agents
Hormones
See Also: Receptors, Glucagon
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0009314
Scope Note: A 29-amino acid pancreatic peptide derived from proglucagon which is also the precursor of intestinal GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES. Glucagon is secreted by PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS and plays an important role in regulation of BLOOD GLUCOSE concentration, ketone metabolism, and several other biochemical and physiological processes. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p1511)
Terms: Glucagon Preferred Term
Term UI T017945
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Glucagon (1-29)
Term UI T017946
Date02/26/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Hyperglycemic-Glycogenolytic Factor
Term UI T017947
Date03/09/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); HG-Factor
Term UI T017948
Date03/09/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Glukagon
Term UI T017949
Date03/09/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Proglucagon (33-61)
Term UI T669448
Date03/24/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007)

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