angiotonin
- n any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels
- The combination of renin and this activator was dubbed angiotonin.
- Page modestly dismisses as still an unproved experiment his own discoverya kidney extract injected to counteract angiotonin (PTI, March 3, 1941)although it has effected .
- They have synthesized angiotonin II, the active form of the hormone angiotonin (discovered by Page in 1939), which sends blood pressure zooming when injected.