HORMONE | ABBR | TYPE | IDEOPHONETIC | ANALOGY | DERIVED FROM |
Adrenaline (or epinephrine) | EPI | Amino acid derivative | | | |
Melatonin | MT | Amino acid derivative | | | |
Noradrenaline (or norepinephrine) | NE | Amino acid derivative | | | |
Triiodothyronine | T3 | Amino acid derivative | | | |
Thyroxine | T4 | Amino acid derivative | | | |
Dopamine | DA | Amino acid derivative | | | |
Prostaglandins | PG | Eicosanoid | | | |
Leukotrienes | LT | Eicosanoid | | | |
Prostacyclin | PGI2 | Eicosanoid | | | |
Thromboxane | TXA2 | Eicosanoid | | | |
Amylin (or Islet Amyloid Polypeptide) | IAPP | Peptide | | | |
Anti-Müllerian hormone(or Müllerian-inhibiting factor/hormone) | AMH (or MIF or MIH) | Peptide | | | |
Adiponectin | Acrp30 | Peptide | | | |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (or corticotropin) | ACTH | Peptide | | | |
Angiotensinogen and Angiotensin | AGT | Peptide | | | |
Antidiuretic hormone (or vasopressin, arginine vasopressin) | ADH | Peptide | | | |
Atrial natriuretic peptide (or atriopeptin) | ANP | Peptide | | | |
Brain natriuretic peptide | BNP | Peptide | | | |
Calcitonin | CT | Peptide | | | |
Cholecystokinin | CCK | Peptide | | | |
Corticotropin-releasing hormone | CRH | Peptide | | | |
Cortistatin | CORT | Peptide | | | |
Enkephalin | | Peptide | | | |
Endothelin | | Peptide | | | |
Erythropoietin | EPO | Peptide | | | |
Follicle-stimulating hormone | FSH | Peptide | | | |
Galanin | GAL | Peptide | | | |
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide | GIP | Peptide | | | |
Gastrin | GAS | Peptide | | | |
Ghrelin | | Peptide | | | |
Glucagon | GCG | Peptide | | | |
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone | GnRH | Peptide | | | |
Growth hormone-releasing hormone | GHRH | Peptide | | | |
Hepcidin | HAMP | Peptide | | | |
Human chorionic gonadotropin | hCG | Peptide | | | |
Human placental lactogen | HPL | Peptide | | | |
Growth hormone | GH or hGH | Peptide | | | |
Inhibin | | Peptide | | | |
Insulin | INS | Peptide | | | |
Insulin-like growth factor | IGF | Peptide | | | |
(or somatomedin) | | | | | |
Leptin | LEP | Peptide | | | |
Lipotropin | LPH | Peptide | | | |
Luteinizing hormone | LH | Peptide | | | |
Melanocyte stimulating hormone | MSH or α-MSH | Peptide | | | |
Motilin | MLN | Peptide | | | |
Orexin | | Peptide | | | |
Osteocalcin | OCN | Peptide | | | |
Oxytocin (or pitocin) | OXT | Peptide | | | |
Pancreatic polypeptide | | Peptide | | | |
Parathyroid hormone | PTH | Peptide | | | |
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide | PACAP | Peptide | | | |
Prolactin (or leuteotropic hormone) | PRL | Peptide | | | |
Prolactin-releasing hormone | PRLH | Peptide | | | |
Relaxin | RLN | Peptide | | | |
Renin | | Peptide | | | |
Secretin | SCT | Peptide | | | |
Somatostatin | GHIH or GHRIH or SRIF or SRIH | Peptide | | | |
Thrombopoietin | TPO | Peptide | | | |
Thyroid-stimulating hormone | TSH | Peptide | | | |
(or thyrotropin) | | | | | |
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone | TRH | Peptide | | | |
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide | VIP | Peptide | | | |
Guanylin | GN | Peptide | | | |
Uroguanylin | UGN | Peptide | | | |