See Also: Irish moss(medicine)
Irish moss gelatin(medicine)
insulin-like growth factors(medicine)
insulin-like growth factor II(medicine)
Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)(health)
insulin-like growth factor I(medicine)
insulin like growth factor(medicine)
receptors, insulin-like-growth-factor II(medicine)
receptors, insulin-like-growth factor I(medicine)
insulin-like-growth-factor-binding protein 6(medicine)

insulin like growth factor (medicine) and Irish moss (medicine)


insulin like growth factor (medicine)


insulin like growth factor
<growth factor> Insulin like growth factors I and II are polypeptides with considerable sequence similarity to insulin.

They are capable of eliciting the same biological responses, including mitogenesis in cell culture. On the cell surface, there are two types of insulin like growth factor receptor, one of which closely resembles the insulin receptor (which is also present).

Insulin like growth factor I = somatomedin A = somatomedin C

Insulin like growth factor II = MSA (Multiplication stimulating activity).

Insulin like growth factor 1 is released from the liver in response to growth hormone.

Acronym: IGF


Irish moss (medicine)


Irish moss -->
chondrus


Synonym: cartilage.

2. The plant Chondrus crispus, Fucus crispus, or Gigartina mamillosa (family Gigartinaceae); a demulcent in chronic and intestinal disorders.

Synonym: carrageen, carragheen, Irish moss, pearl moss.

Origin: G. Chondros, gristle