title: [Melanotropic hormone in the green frog (Rana esculenta): biochemical and radioimmunological study].
abstract: The alpha-MSH levels in the frog hypophysis were measured by use of a sensitive ans specific radioimmunoassay. Sephadex G-50 gel chromatography of frog pars distalis and pars intermedia extracts showed that frog hypophyseal MSH was chemically related to synthetic alpha-MSH. Rat tissue homogenates were capable of degrading frog pars intermedia MSH as well as synthetic alpha-MSH. These results provide evidence that the frog hypophysis--pars intermedia and pars distalis--contains an alpha-MSH-like peptide.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000032:analysis*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011893:Rana esculenta
chemical_list: D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
vernacular_title: Lhormone mélanotrope chez la Grenouille verte (Rana esculenta): étude biochimique et radio-immunologique