Obestatin hormone research and review
Obestatin is a 23 amino acid amidated
peptide encoded
by the same gene with ghrelin. Obestatin inhibits thirst and anxiety, improves
memory, regulates sleep, affects cell proliferation, and increases the secretion
of pancreatic juice enzymes.
Certainly more research is needed with obestatin to determine its
role in health and disease. We have not seen any such research in humans as of
March 2010.
Previous reports on obestatin may not be correct
Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine in
California have discovered a hormone, which they call obestatin, that
suppresses appetite and produces weight loss in rats. Interestingly, the
hormone is derived from the same gene that gives rise to ghrelin, a
well-known appetite-inducing hormone.
The above was initially reported in the news, but it may not be
correct.
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