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orcokinin

Description

orcokinin: amino acid sequence given in first source; a myotropic peptide isolated from the crayfish Orconectes limosus [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID16132196
MeSH IDM0211767

Synonyms (2)

Synonym
orcokinin
145344-97-4

Research Excerpts

Overview

Orcokinins are a family of myotropic neuropeptides widely present in various decapod crustaceans and insect species. The orcokinins enhance hindgut contractions in the crayfish Orconectes limosus.

ExcerptReference
"Orcokinins are a family of myotropic neuropeptides identified in various decapod crustaceans and recently in a cockroach. "( Novel insect orcokinins: characterization and neuronal distribution in the brains of selected dicondylian insects.
Dircksen, H; Hofer, S; Homberg, U; Tollbäck, P, 2005
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"Orcokinins are a family of myotropic neuropeptides widely present in various decapod crustaceans and insect species. "( Investigation of several unique tandem mass spectrometric fragmentation patterns of NFDEIDR, an orcokinin analog, and its N-terminal dimethylated form.
Fu, Q; Li, L, 2006
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"The orcokinins are a family of neuropeptides recently isolated from several crustacean species. "( Orcokinin peptides in developing and adult crustacean stomatogastric nervous systems and pericardial organs.
Kelley, WP; Li, L; Marder, E; Pulver, SR; Sweedler, JV; Thirumalai, V, 2002
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"The orcokinins are a highly conserved family of crustacean peptides that enhance hindgut contractions in the crayfish Orconectes limosus (Stangier et al. "( Identification of orcokinins in single neurons in the stomatogastric nervous system of the crayfish, Cherax destructor.
Dreger, M; Evers, JF; Hucho, F; Meseke, M; Skiebe, P, 2002
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[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (54)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's3 (5.56)18.2507
2000's21 (38.89)29.6817
2010's24 (44.44)24.3611
2020's6 (11.11)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews1 (1.79%)6.00%
Case Studies0 (0.00%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other55 (98.21%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]