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Secretin is a hormone that regulates water homeostasis throughout the body and influences the environment of the duodenum by regulating secretions in the stomach, pancreas, and liver.
It is a peptide hormone produced in the S cells of the duodenum, which are located in the intestinal glands.
In humans, the secretin peptide is encoded by the SCT gene.
It is also the first discovered animal hormone.
Chyme is a mixture of partly digested food and stomach fluids. It is termed as a ‘semifluid mass of partly digested food,’ and is also known as chymus.
Sucrose is common table sugar. It is a disaccharide, a molecule composed of two monosaccharides: glucose and fructose.
Rayon is a manufactured fiber made from regenerated cellulose fiber.
Nylon, the first synthetic fiber in the “fully synthetic” sense of that term, was developed by Wallace Carothers,
Boric acid, also called hydrogen borate is present in eyewash and carrom board powder.
isobathytherm (plural isobathytherms) A line connecting the points on the Earth’s surface where a certain temperature is found at the same depth.
Sorel cement (also known as magnesia cement) is a non-hydraulic cement first produced by Frenchman Stanislas Sorel in 1867.
Lead acetate also known as lead diacetate, plumbous acetate, sugar of lead, lead sugar, salt of Saturn, or Goulard’s powder, is a white crystalline chemical compound with a sweetish taste.