You learn something new everyday !! Meet #ghrelin .. the hormone secreted by our stomachs that control our Appetite & Hunger !! .. 1/n
yourhormones.info/hormones/ghrel…
In fact, studies have been made to see correlation of #COVID19 & #ghrelin .. Hormone was measured using ELISA technique.. 2/n
journaljpri.com/index.php/JPRI…
Conclusion was, there was no correlating, from a student t test ..
between #ghrelin hormone levels & patients having #COVID19 or not having..
[Caveat: sample size is small, n=50 for this positive & n=30 for control group who are negative] .. 3/n
journaljpri.com/index.php/JPRI…
More on #ghrelin ..
It's a peptide hormone..
…l-coronavirus.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
Then there is this Spanish report published in an EU document.. validating #ghrelin with weight gain !!
cordis.europa.eu/article/id/113…
Looks like it was discovered and reported in Nov 2004 !! #ghrelin #hormone .. discovered by Japanese 🇯🇵 scientists.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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