Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

Synonyms

1-39 ACTH

ACTH

ACTH (1-39)

Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone

Adrenocorticotropin

Corticotrophin

Corticotrophin (1-39)

Corticotropin

Corticotropin (1-39)

Hormone, Adrenocorticotrophic

Hormone, Adrenocorticotropic

An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the ADRENAL CORTEX and its production of CORTICOSTEROIDS. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical in all species and contains the adrenocorticotrophic activity. Upon further tissue-specific processing, ACTH can yield ALPHA-MSH and corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP).