beta-MSH MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: beta-MSH
Tree Number(s): D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.075; D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.075; D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.075; D12.644.400.460.075; D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.075; D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.075; D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.075; D12.776.631.650.460.075
Unique ID: D019824
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019824
Scope Note: An 18-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of gamma-lipotropin which is the N-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. Beta-MSH is shown to regulate skin pigmentation, steroid production, and feeding.
Entry Term(s): MSH, beta; Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, beta; beta Intermedin; beta-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone; beta-Melanotropin
Pharm Action: Hormones
Public MeSH Note: 1998
History Note: 1998
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2019/04/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

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)

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
- Hormones [D06.472]
  - Peptide Hormones [D06.472.699]
    - Hypothalamic Hormones [D06.472.699.327]
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin [D06.472.699.327.935]
        
        Melanocortins [D06.472.699.327.935.531]
        
        Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D06.472.699.327.935.531.750]
        
        alpha-MSH [D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.115]

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
- Hormones [D06.472]
  - Peptide Hormones [D06.472.699]
    - Pituitary Hormones [D06.472.699.631]
      - Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D06.472.699.631.525]
        
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin [D06.472.699.631.525.600]
        
        Melanocortins [D06.472.699.631.525.600.531]
        
        Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750]
        
        alpha-MSH [D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.115]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Peptides [D12.644]
  - Neuropeptides [D12.644.400]
    - Hypothalamic Hormones [D12.644.400.400]
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin [D12.644.400.400.935]
        
        Melanocortins [D12.644.400.400.935.531]
        
        Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D12.644.400.400.935.531.750]
        
        alpha-MSH [D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.115]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Peptides [D12.644]
  - Neuropeptides [D12.644.400]
    - Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D12.644.400.460]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Peptides [D12.644]
  - Peptide Hormones [D12.644.548]
    - Hypothalamic Hormones [D12.644.548.365]
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin [D12.644.548.365.935]
        
        Melanocortins [D12.644.548.365.935.531]
        
        Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D12.644.548.365.935.531.750]
        
        alpha-MSH [D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.115]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Peptides [D12.644]
  - Peptide Hormones [D12.644.548]
    - Pituitary Hormones [D12.644.548.691]
      - Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D12.644.548.691.525]
        
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin [D12.644.548.691.525.690]
        
        Melanocortins [D12.644.548.691.525.690.531]
        
        Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750]
        
        alpha-MSH [D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.115]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Nerve Tissue Proteins [D12.776.631]
    - Neuropeptides [D12.776.631.650]
      - Hypothalamic Hormones [D12.776.631.650.405]
        
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin [D12.776.631.650.405.935]
        
        Melanocortins [D12.776.631.650.405.935.531]
        
        Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750]
        
        alpha-MSH [D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.115]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Nerve Tissue Proteins [D12.776.631]
    - Neuropeptides [D12.776.631.650]
      - Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones [D12.776.631.650.460]
        
        alpha-MSH [D12.776.631.650.460.050]
        
        beta-MSH [D12.776.631.650.460.075]
        
        gamma-MSH [D12.776.631.650.460.115]

beta-MSH Preferred

Concept UI: M0328127
Scope Note: An 18-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of gamma-lipotropin which is the N-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. Beta-MSH is shown to regulate skin pigmentation, steroid production, and feeding.
Terms: beta-MSH Preferred Term
Term UI T027095
Date08/04/1980
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); beta Intermedin
Term UI T000952111
Date02/22/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); beta-Melanotropin
Term UI T027094
Date06/04/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); beta-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
Term UI T364634
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); MSH, beta
Term UI T364635
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, beta
Term UI T664028
Date01/10/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007)

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