Please see also α-MSH (corresponds to acetyl-ACTH (1-13) amide, H-1075), α-MSH (free acid) (acetyl-ACTH (1-13), H-1070), and (Des-acetyl)-α-MSH (H-4390). Wied: Pituitary Adrenal System Hormones and Behaviour. Symposium on Developments in Endocrinology (1976) / Anon.: ACTH and Related Peptides: Structure, Regulation, and Action. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 297, 1 (1977) / A.V.Schally: Aspects of Hypothalamic Regulation of the Pituitary Gland. Science 202, 18 (1978) / R.Schwyzer: Studies on Polypeptide Receptors. A Critical View on the Mechanism of ACTH Action. Bull. Schweiz. Acad. Med. Wiss. 34, 263 (1978).

The major regulator of adrenal cortex function. ACTH stimulates the synthesis of steroidal hormones.