An agent that increases or stimulates milk flow or production. Also called a galactagogue. An agent that induces the secretion...

Process of childbirth involving muscular contractions. Childbirth, especially the contractions in the uterus which take place during childbirth.  

Is an amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.  

The cationic low molecular weight enzyme present in tears, saliva, and nasal secretion that functions as an antibacterial hydrolase by...

Intracellular cytoplasmic vesicles filled with hydrolytic enzymes; especially prominent in phagocytic cells such as polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages. Are small,...

The process of cell dissolution; the action of a lysin. The killing of a cell via destruction of the cell...

Creation of a stable preparation of a biologic substance (e.g., blood plasma, serum) by rapid freezing followed by dehydration under...

A lymphokine that results in direct cytolysis following its release from stimulated lymphocytes; also termed tumor necrosis factor beta.  

Soluble factors released from lymphocytes that transmit signals for growth and differentiation of various cell types. Peptides and proteins secreted...

Mononuclear, nonphagocytic leukocyte that originates from stem cells and differentiates in lymphoid tissue (as of the thymus or bone marrow)....