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homeopathy
Natural
form of medicine that uses
immeasurably small doses of
medicines to stimulate the body's
own defense and healing process.
Homeopathy focuses on bringing the
entire body back into homeostasis,
or balance. top
homeostasis
or
health; defined as an optimal
balance of mental and physical
well being. When the body loses
its normal homeostasis, adverse
symptoms appear. Symptoms are not
the cause of health problems, but
rather an expression of the body's
efforts to defend its weakest
areas and bring the body back into
balance. top
Law
of Similars, the
Considered
the founder of homeopathy, 1700's
German physician Samuel Hahnemann
developed the principle of the Law
of Similars, or "Let Like
Cure Like." This remains a
defining principle of homeopathy
today. If a substance causes side
effects and syndromes at high
toxic levels, the same substance
can heal those same symptoms and
syndromes when taken in small
diluted doses. Similar to
vaccines, these small doses work
by stimulating the body's own
defense mechanisms. top
growth
factors
Small
proteins produced by the human
body that enable cells to
communicate and effectively
coordinate activities between one
another. Growth factors in the
body affect the individual cells
by binding to
growth-factor-specific receptors
on the cell surface. A specific
growth factor may have many cell
sources and can use different
signal transduction pathways at
different times and with different
cells. Growth factors are involved
in complex feedback loops between
the immune, nervous and endocrine
systems, and have significant
effects on DNA, RNA, protein
synthesis, and cell division. top
human
growth hormone (hGH)
A
protein produced in the pituitary
gland that stimulates the liver to
produce somatomedins, which
stimulate growth of bone and
muscle. Human
growth hormone is the most
abundant hormone produced by the
pituitary gland in the brain. It
peaks during the rapid-growth
phase of adolescence, then
steadily declines with age. HGH
stays in the bloodstream for only
a few minutes. However, this is
long enough to stimulate its
uptake by the liver, causing the
production of Insulin-like growth
factor-1 (IGF-1). Growth hormone
affects specific target tissues in
its role as a chemical messenger,
working with IGF-1 to affect
uptake of nutrients into the cell.
hGH helps boost the immune system,
increase lean body mass, stimulate
neuroendocrine system balance and
promote optimal physical and
mental performance. top
insulin
like growth factor (IGF-1)
Polypeptides
with considerable sequence
similarity to insulin. They
are capable of eliciting the same
biological responses, including
mitogenesis in cell culture. On
the cell surface, there are two
types of insulin like growth
factor receptor, one of which
closely resembles the insulin
receptor (which is also present). IGF-1
is primarily secreted by the liver
in response to a signal from
growth hormone (hGH). It is also
released by many different tissues
throughout the body, and affects
almost every cell to some degree.
The major target tissues affected
by IGF-1 are muscle, cartilage,
bone, liver, kidney, nerves, skin,
and lungs. IGF-1 additionally
regulates cell growth by moving
cells from a resting phase to an
active phase of the cell cycle.
IGF-1 also increases the cell's
ability to complete DNA synthesis.
IGF-1 acts within the nervous
system and is critical for the
growth and development of nerve
cells. IGF-1 plays an active role
at the neuromuscular junction,
where interaction between nerve
and muscle cells occurs. top
progression
factors
Induce
cells toward a launching pad for
cell division, causing successful
activation. IGF-1 is a progression
factor. top
growth
hormone deficiency (GHD);
Self-diagnosis of:
No one symptom allows the
diagnosis of GHD in adults. The
self-diagnosed symptoms are fairly
well defined as some of the
following cluster of symptoms:
fatigue, reduced feelings of
psychological well being, increase
in abdominal obesity, decrease in
exercise performance and/or skin
changes. 1994 Ho, KY, Veldhuis,
J.D. Endocrinology and Metabolism
1 (suppl.):61-63 See
Symptoms. top
recombinant
DNA
Homeopathic
method of preparation of growth
hormones and growth factors. While
all forms of growth hormone and
growth factors come from the same
sources, homeopathic versions are
diluted with infinitesimal amounts
of recombinant DNA. This process
involves inserting specific DNA
into the DNA of yeast and
bacteria, causing the organisms to
reproduce a large supply of growth
hormone/factors identical in
structure to the body's own. The
yeast and bacteria are then
removed. top
Cell
Signal Enhancers® (CSEs®)
Proprietary
new class of homeopathic medicines
combining molecular biotechnology
and basic homeopathic principles.
Manufactured by recombinant DNA
technology, CSEs are designed to
help stimulate the body's own
defense and healing mechanisms to
return it to its optimum
performance level, maximizing
health and performance without
toxic side effects, affordably.
Patented process invented by Dr.
Barbara Brewitt, formerly with the
National Institutes of Health. top
dilutions
Common
laboratory technique used to
obtain the desired concentration.
A dilution will always reduce the
concentration of the sample.
Dilutions are ratios and are
generally expressed in terms of
whole numbers and are reduced to
the lowest common denominator. The
dilution ratio can be defined as
the volume of sample per total
volume. The total volume is equal
to the volume of the sample plus
the volume of the buffer used to
make the dilution. top
DSHEA
(FDA)
Dietary
Supplement Health Education Act.
Signed into law on October 25,
1994, DSHEA defines dietary
supplements and dietary
ingredients as follows:
a) a product (other than tobacco)
that is intended to supplement the
diet that
bears or contains one or more of
the following dietary ingredients:
a vitamin, a
mineral, an herb or other
botanical, an amino acid, a
dietary substance for use by man
to supplement the diet by
increasing the total daily intake,
or a concentrate, metabolite,
constituent, extract, or
combinations of these ingredients.
b) is intended for ingestion in
pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid
form.
c) is not represented for use as a
conventional food or as the sole
item of a meal
or diet.
d) is labeled as a "dietary
supplement."
e) includes products such as an
approved new drug, certified
antibiotic, or licensed biologic
that was marketed as a dietary
supplement or food before
approval, certification, or
license (unless the Secretary of
Health and Human Services waives
this provision). top
amino
acids
Organic
compounds that generally contain
an amino (-nh2) and a carboxyl (-cooh)
group. Twenty alpha-amino acids
are the subunits which are
polymerised to form proteins. top
amino
group
An
-NH2 group. Organic compounds
which have this group are called
amines.
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bovine
growth hormone
A
hormone secreted by the bovine
pituitary gland. It is used to
increase milk production by
improving the feed efficiency in
dairy cattle. top
growth
hormone
Polypeptide
(191 amino acids) produced by
anterior pituitary that stimulates
liver to produce somatomedins 1
and 2. top
growth
hormone regulating hormone
Hypothalamic
hormones that induce (somatoliberin)
or inhibit (somatostatin) the
release of growth hormone (somatotropin).
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growth
hormone-releasing hormone
Hormone
produced in the hypothalamus that
promotes production of Human
Growth Hormone. [See Human Growth
Hormone] top
hormone
A
naturally occuring substance
secreted by specialised cells that
affects the metabolism or
behaviour of other cells
possessing functional receptors
for the hormone. Hormones may be
hydrophilic, like insulin, in
which case the receptors are on
the cell surface or lipophilic,
like the steroids, where the
receptor can be intracellular. top
peptide
A
compound of two or more amino
acids where the alpha carboxyl
group of one is bound to the alpha
amino group of another. top
pituitary
An
endocrine gland located at the
base of the brain, in the small
recess of a bone - certain
sections of the pituitary each
secretes important hormones
including growth hormone (GH) and
antidiuretic hormone (ADH). top
polypeptide
A
peptide which on hydrolysis yields
more than two amino acids, called
tripeptides, tetrapeptides, etc.
According to the number of amino
acids contained. top
precursor
Something
that precedes.
1. In biological processes, a
substance from which another,
usually more active or mature
substance is formed.
2. In clinical medicine, a sign or
symptom that heralds another.
Origin: L. precursor = a
forerunner top
secretagogue
Substance
that induces secretion from cells,
originally applied to peptides
inducing gastric and pancreatic
secretion.
somatomedins
Insulin-like
polypeptides made by the liver and
some fibroblasts and released into
the blood when stimulated by
somatotropin. They cause sulfate
incorporation into collagen, RNA,
and DNA synthesis, which are
prerequisites to cell division and
growth of the organism. top
somatostatin
Gastrointestinal
and hypothalmic peptide hormone
(two forms: 14 and 28 residues),
found in gastric mucosa,
pancreatic islets, nerves of the
gastrointestinal tract, in
posterior pituitary and in the
central nervous system. Inhibits
gastric secretion and motility: in
hypothalamus/pituitary inhibits
somatotropin release. top
somatotrophin
Growth
hormone, somatotropin. top
somatotropin-releasing
hormone
Hypothalamic
peptide that regulates the
synthesis and secretion of
somatotropin in the anterior
pituitary gland. top
somatotropin
Hormone
(191 amino acids) released by
anterior pituitary that stimulates
release of somatomedin, thereby
causing growth. top
somatropin
Synthetic
or naturally occuring growth
hormone from the human pituitary
gland. It is given to children
with open epiphyses for the
treatment of pituitary dwarfism.
Chemical name: Somatotropin
(human). top
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