Enterogastrone

An enterogastrone is any hormone secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum in the lower gastrointestinal tract in response to dietary lipids that inhibits the caudal (or "forward, analward") motion of the contents of chyme. The function of enterogastrones is almost the same as gastric inhibitory polypeptide — i.e., to inhibit gastric secretion and stomach motility.

Examples

Examples include:

• Secretin^[1]
• Cholecystokinin^[2]

References

1. You C, Chey W (1987). "Secretin is an enterogastrone in humans". Dig Dis Sci. 32 (5): 466–71. doi:10.1007/BF01296028. PMID 2952476.
2. Lloyd K, Maxwell V, Chuang C, Wong H, Soll A, Walsh J (1994). "Somatostatin is released in response to cholecystokinin by activation of type A CCK receptors". Peptides. 15 (2): 223–7. doi:10.1016/0196-9781(94)90006-X. PMID 7911992.

External links

• enterogastrone at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)