Human Growth Hormone
(HGH) is a 191 amino acids
single chain polypeptide
hormone that naturally
retains in the human body
and is secreted by the
pituitary gland situated at
the base of human brain.
Pituitary gland controls
many vital activities of
human body like growth,
blood pressure, thyroid
gland function and many
others. Thus for the proper
regulation of growth it is
the HGH (Human Growth
Hormone) that is formed and
released by the somatotroph
cells based at the lateral
side of the anterior
pituitary gland.
The genes responsible
for human growth hormone
familiar as Growth hormone
1 resides at the q22-24
region of chromosome 17 and
have close resemblance to
human chorionic
somatomammotropin
genes.
Growth hormone performs
a number of tasks in a
human body related to
growth like increase of
height throughout childhood
and it is also used in a
number of diseases for
therapeutic use. However,
secretion of HGH from the
anterior pituitary gland
varies from age to age,
during youth in twenties it
is released in maximum
quantity and in later years
its secretion depletes thus
leads a man towards old
age. It is the 14% HGH is
lost per decade. HGH in
normal case is secreted in
balanced quantity unless
the lesser quantity can
make a person dwarf and
excess of it a giant.
In adults HGH instead of
growth looks after the
repair and maintenance of
the Human Body. It prevents
muscles from wasting,
reduces fats, keeps immune
system of the body intact,
and keeps skin glowing and
smooth as slows down the
physiological changes
proportionate to aging. The
declined stage of HGH
secretion is known as
somatopause.
The cause for
somatopause is attributed
as inhibitors responsible
to slow down the secretion
of HGH from the pituitary
gland. Luckily, the
secretion of HGH from the
pituitary gland can be
restarted using certain
nutrients to stimulate the
release of natural HGH from
the pituitary. In 1985,
synthetic HGH was
formulated and approved by
the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for
specific uses. In 1985,
synthetic HGH was developed
and approved by the Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA) for specific
uses.