Preferred Name

Glucagon [Chemical/Ingredient]
Synonyms

Glucagon

Glukagon

Glucagon (1-29)

HG-Factor

Hyperglycemic-Glycogenolytic Factor

Proglucagon (33-61)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000006364

altLabel

Glucagon

Glukagon

Glucagon (1-29)

HG-Factor

Hyperglycemic-Glycogenolytic Factor

Proglucagon (33-61)

cui

C0017687

Ingredient of

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000161301

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000149188

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000145844

MESH DEFINITION

A 29-amino acid pancreatic peptide derived from proglucagon which is also the precursor of intestinal GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES. Glucagon is secreted by PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS and plays an important role in regulation of BLOOD GLUCOSE concentration, ketone metabolism, and several other biochemical and physiological processes. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p1511)

MESH DUI

D005934

MeSH name

Glucagon

MESH UI

M0009314

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000006364

NUI

N0000006364

prefLabel

Glucagon [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T125

T116

T121

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000170389

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