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adipokinetic, a. Biol.|ˌædɪpəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk| [f. *adipo- + kinetic a.] Esp. of a hormone: producing or causing the mobilization of stored lipid.
1954A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. xviii. 477 Efforts have been made to identify the hypophyseal fraction responsible for this depot lipid mobilizing, or adipokinetic, action. 1969Mayer & Candy in Jrnl. Insect Physiol. XV. 611 This hormone (‘adipokinetic hormone’) is assumed to act by stimulating the release of diglyceride from the fat body. 1979Nature 22 Nov. 420/2 The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) of the locust has been isolated, characterised and synthesised. 1987Laverack & Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiii. 127/2 The red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH) of crustaceans is structurally very similar to locust adipokinetic hormone. |