Review of Kyotorphin Research: A Mysterious Opioid Analgesic Dipeptide and Its Molecular, Physiological, and Pharmacological Characteristics

Tyrosine-arginine (kyotorphin), an opioid analgesic dipeptide, was discovered more than 40 years ago in 1979. The evidence accumulated during this period has established the physiological significance of kyotorphin as a neuromodulating peptide, and pharmacological applications. Some of the following...

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Main Author: Hiroshi Ueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Medical Technology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmedt.2021.662697/full