Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

**Definition:** An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the ADRENAL CORTEX and its production of CORTICOSTEROIDS. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical in all species and contains the adrenocorticotrophic activity. Upon further tissue-specific processing, ACTH can yield ALPHA-MSH and corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP).

**Tree numbers:** - D06.472.699.327.935.531.500 - D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.500 - D12.644.400.400.935.531.500 - D12.644.548.365.935.531.500 - D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.500 - D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.500

**Synonyms:** - Corticotropin - Corticotropin (1-39) - Corticotrophin (1-39) - Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone - Adrenocorticotropin - 1-39 ACTH - ACTH (1-39) - ACTH - Corticotrophin