Multiple choice

Which of the following compounds does not represent an autacoid?

  1. Angiotensin

  2. Histamine

  3. Prostaglandin

  4. Somatomammotropin

  5. Serotonin
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Explanation

Autocoids are a group of substances found naturally in our body that resemble hormones or drugs in their activity on cells, and thus act on restricted areas of our body. Somatomammotropin is a typical hormone and not an example of autocoid.

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