Preproghrelin

Origin

- + pre + proghrelin

Full definition of preproghrelin

Noun

1. A precursor of proghrelin
• July 22, 2015, , Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat, A reproducible decrease in the plasma concentration of unacylated ghrelin was observed, which was consistent with a decrease in the stomach preproghrelin mRNA and stomach ghrelin expression.