different between peptide vs ghrelin

English

Etymology

From German Peptid, from Ancient Greek ?????? (peptós, “digested”).

Noun

peptide (plural peptides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:peptide

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• peptide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English peptide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?p.tid/
• Homophone: peptides

Noun

peptide m (plural peptides)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Further reading

• “peptide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pep?ti.de/
• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

peptide m (plural peptidi)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Derived terms

• peptidico

English

Etymology

From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) +? -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /????l?n/
• Rhymes: -?l?n
• Hyphenation: ghre?lin

Noun

ghrelin (usually uncountable, plural ghrelins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. [from 1999]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• leptin
• obestatin

References

Further reading

• ghrelin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• herling