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Angiotensin vs Angiotensinase - What's the difference?

angiotensin | angiotensinase |

As nouns the difference between angiotensin and angiotensinase

is that angiotensin is angiotensin while angiotensinase is (enzyme) any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin.

angiotensin

English

(wikipedia angiotensin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (hormone) Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
  • * 2001': In addition to stimulating the srteries to constrict, '''angiotensin also acts on the kidneys to suppress urine production, and acts on the brain to stimulate thirst and drinking behaviour. — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)

    • angiotensinase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin