Editing Growth hormone (section)

==Nomenclature==

The names ''somatotropin'' (''STH'') or ''somatotropic hormone'' refer to the [[growth hormone 1|growth hormone]] produced naturally in animals and extracted from carcasses. Hormone extracted from human cadavers is abbreviated ''hGH''. The main growth hormone produced by [[recombinant DNA]] technology has the approved generic name ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]) ''somatropin'' and the brand name ''Humatrope''<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Daniels ME | title= Lilly's Humatrope Experience | journal = Nature Biotechnology | volume = 10 | pages = 812 | year = 1992 | doi = 10.1038/nbt0792-812a | issue=7| s2cid= 46453790 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and is properly abbreviated rhGH in the scientific literature. Since its introduction in 1992, Humatrope has been a banned sports doping agent<ref name="pmid16799101">{{cite journal | vauthors = Saugy M, Robinson N, Saudan C, Baume N, Avois L, Mangin P | title = Human growth hormone doping in sport | journal = British Journal of Sports Medicine | volume = 40 | pages = i35–9 | date = July 2006 | issue = Suppl 1 | pmid = 16799101 | pmc = 2657499 | doi = 10.1136/bjsm.2006.027573 }}</ref> and in this context is referred to as HGH.

The term ''growth hormone'' has been incorrectly applied to refer to [[Anabolism|anabolic]] [[sex hormones]] in the European [[beef hormone controversy]], which initially restricts the use of [[estradiol]], [[progesterone]], [[testosterone (medication)|testosterone]], [[zeranol]],  [[melengestrol acetate]] and [[trenbolone acetate]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The World Economy|volume=25|issue=2|pages=283–296|date=February 2002|author1=William A Kerr  |author2=Jill E Hobbs |name-list-style=amp |title=The North American-European Union Dispute Over Beef Produced Using Growth Hormones: A Major Test for the New International Trade Regime|doi=10.1111/1467-9701.00431|s2cid=154707486}}</ref>