Definition of "lipotropin" []

• A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that promotes the utilization of fat by the body and is a precursor to the endorphins. (noun)

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• "Some evidence has also been presented that peptide hormones such as & #223 lipotropin, ACTH and peptides structurally related to them, initially thought to be of pituitary origin, are found widely distributed in the brain in extrahypothalamic regions (53-56)."