Chemistry:Sermorelin

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Sermorelin
Sermorelin.svg
Clinical data
Trade namesGeref, Gerel
Other namesGRF 1–29
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Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
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Injection
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Legal status
  • US: Discontinued
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC149H246N44O42S
Molar mass3357.93 g·mol−1
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Sermorelin acetate (INN; brand names Geref, Gerel), also known as GHRH (1-29), is a peptide analogue of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) which is used as a diagnostic agent to assess growth hormone (GH) secretion for the purpose of diagnosing growth hormone deficiency. It is a 29-amino acid polypeptide representing the 1–29 fragment from endogenous human GHRH, thought to be the shortest fully functional fragment of GHRH.[1][2]

See also

  • List of growth hormone secretagogues

References

  1. "Sermorelin: a review of its use in the diagnosis and treatment of children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency". BioDrugs 12 (2): 139–57. August 1999. doi:10.2165/00063030-199912020-00007. PMID 18031173. 
  2. Pharmacology (Rang, Dale, Ritter & Moore, ISBN:0-443-07145-4, 5th ed., Churchill Livingstone 2003).