glucagon

Noun

Meaning

a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

neurotransmitter gonadotropin catecholamine antidiuretic hormone corticotropin adrenocorticotropin motilin melatonin secretin

Hypernyms

endocrine hormone internal secretion

Phrases with the word

glucagon-like peptide 2 glucagon-like peptide 1

Examples

Earl Sutherland explained in 1950, that the activity of phosphorylase was increased and thus glycogenolysis stimulated when liver slices were incubated with adrenalin and glucagon. Source: Internet

Fats stored in adipose tissue are released from the fat cells into the blood as free fatty acids and glycerol when insulin levels are low and glucagon and epinephrine levels in the blood are high. Source: Internet

In the liver, therefore, oxaloacetate is unavailable for condensation with acetyl-CoA when significant gluconeogenesis has been stimulated by low (or absent) insulin and high glucagon concentrations in the blood. Source: Internet

Scientists think it may control how the body secretes two other hormones, insulin and glucagon. Source: Internet

Delta cells make somatostatin, a hormone that is believed to control how the beta cells make and release insulin and how the alpha cells make and release glucagon. Source: Internet

Hypoglycemic symptoms and manifestations can be divided into those produced by the counterregulatory hormones ( epinephrine /adrenaline and glucagon) triggered by the falling glucose, and the neuroglycopenic effects produced by the reduced brain sugar. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

GLTC gluable glub glucagon-like peptide 1 glucagon-like peptide 2 glucagonemia