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Definition of Enkephalins
1. enkephalin [n] - See also: enkephalin
Medical Definition of Enkephalins
1. Natural opiate pentapeptides isolated originally from pig brain. Leu enkephalin YGGFL) and Met enkephalin (YGGFM) bind particularly strongly to _ type opiate receptors. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enkephalins
Literary usage of Enkephalins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"... of enhancement of natural killer cell activity in peripheral blood lymphocytes
from normal volunteers and cancer patients by addition of enkephalins, ..."
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