Opioid Peptides

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"Opioid Peptides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The endogenous peptides with opiate-like activity. The three major classes currently recognized are the ENKEPHALINS, the DYNORPHINS, and the ENDORPHINS. Each of these families derives from different precursors, proenkephalin, prodynorphin, and PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN, respectively. There are also at least three classes of OPIOID RECEPTORS, but the peptide families do not map to the receptors in a simple way.

Descriptor ID	D018847
MeSH Number(s)	D12.644.400.575 D12.644.468 D12.776.641.650.575
Concept/Terms	Opioid Peptides Opioid Peptides Peptides, Opioid Opiate Peptides Peptides, Opiate Opioid Peptide Peptide, Opioid Opiates, Endogenous Opiates, Endogenous Endogenous Opiates

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Opioid Peptides".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Neuropeptides [D12.644.400]
Opioid Peptides [D12.644.400.575]
Opioid Peptides [D12.644.468]
Proteins [D12.776]
Nerve Tissue Proteins [D12.776.641]
Neuropeptides [D12.776.641.650]
Opioid Peptides [D12.776.641.650.575]

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