Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781305577206
Author: Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 27, Problem 14P
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If it is appropriate to call NPY the obesity-promoting hormone should be explained. The
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People sometimes assume that since NPY stirred food intake it might result in increase weight and over time obesity. However, some scientists Levens and Della-Zuana, during a review, conduct analysis on NPY and NPY receptors in (Current Opinion in Investigate medication (2003) 1198-204). They come to know that NPY has not supportably complete a task in obesity once the amount of NPY decrease with antibodies.
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