"Eledoisin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A peptide extracted from the posterior salivary glands of certain small octopi (Eledone spp., Mollusca), or obtained by synthesis. Its actions resemble those of SUBSTANCE P; it is a potent vasodilator and increases capillary permeability. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1364)
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D004600
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D12.644.276.812.900.354 D12.644.400.800.354 D12.644.456.800.354 D12.776.467.812.900.354 D12.776.631.650.800.354 D20.888.590.325 D23.469.050.375.850.275 D23.529.812.900.354 D23.946.580.590.325 D23.946.833.590.325
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Chemoreceptor responses to substance P, physalaemin and eledoisin: evidence for neurokinin-1 receptors in the cat carotid body. Neurosci Lett. 1990 Dec 11; 120(2):183-6.