Teprotide
"Teprotide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A synthetic nonapeptide (Pyr-Trp-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gln-Ile-Pro-Pro) which is identical to the peptide from the venom of the snake, Bothrops jararaca. It inhibits kininase II and ANGIOTENSIN I and has been proposed as an antihypertensive agent.
| Descriptor ID |
D013722
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.456.810
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| Concept/Terms |
Teprotide- Teprotide
- Bradykinin-Potentiating Peptide 9a
- Bradykinin Potentiating Peptide 9a
- Peptide 9a, Bradykinin-Potentiating
- Nonapeptide-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
- Enzyme Inhibitor, Nonapeptide-Converting
- Nonapeptide Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
- BPP-9a
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Sladek CD, Blair ML, Mangiapane M. Evidence against a pressor role for vasopressin in spontaneous hypertension. Hypertension. 1987 Apr; 9(4):332-8.