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OCR: ed widely Somatostatin is a peptide that is distrib itially in endocrine and neural tissues. It was actor that discovered in the hypothalamus as the inhibited GH release. At this site, it occ cyclic predominantlyas a fourteen amino-aci id. In the peptide that is linked by a disulphide b hand gastrointestinal tract, it occurs as fourte ave an ich is the twenty-eight amino-acid peptides; both identical carboxy-terminal sequence, w. biologically active region. rine cells Somatostatin is secreted by specific end by the D in the gastric and intestinal mucosa, an lets. cells on the inner rim of the pancreatic It is also found in the enteric neural sy See earlier: · Gut Neuropeptides