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Somatostatin vs Octreotide - What's the difference?

somatostatin | octreotide |

As nouns the difference between somatostatin and octreotide

is that somatostatin is a polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain other hormones while octreotide is an octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin than the natural hormone.

somatostatin

English

(wikipedia somatostatin)

Noun

  • (hormone) A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain other hormones.

    • octreotide

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia octreotide)
  • (pharmacy) An octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin than the natural hormone.