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Control Mechanisms in the Enzyme Hydrolysis of Adrenal-Released Enkephalins

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Enkephalins and Endorphins

Abstract

Opioid peptides are secreted by the adrenal medulla where they are stored within the chromaffin granule (1-3). Consequently, these peptides are released into the blood stream together with the whole soluble content of the granule during the. physiological activity of the gland.

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    L. Giorgio Roda

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    Gianna Roscetti, Roberta Possenti, Francesca Venturelli & Fabrizio Vita

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Roda, L.G., Roscetti, G., Possenti, R., Venturelli, F., Vita, F. (1986). Control Mechanisms in the Enzyme Hydrolysis of Adrenal-Released Enkephalins. In: Plotnikoff, N.P., Faith, R.E., Murgo, A.J., Good, R.A. (eds) Enkephalins and Endorphins. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0557-4_3

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