Enteroglucagon (EG)

Enteroglucagon is a peptide hormone derived from preproglucagon. It is a gastrointestinal hormone, secreted from mucosal cells primarily of the colon and terminal ileum. It has 37 amino acids. Enteroglucagon is released following ingestion of a mixed meal, and delays gastric emptying. enteroglucagon, a glucagon-like hyperglycemic agent released by the mucosa of the upper intestine in response to the ingestion of glucose; immunologically distinct from pancreatic glucagon but with similar activities.the hyperglycemic, glycogenolytic substance isolable from the intestinal mucosa.Endocrinology A proglucagon-derived peptide of the gut–eg, glucagon-like insulinotropic peptide–GLIP, and glucagon-like peptide–GLP-1 that after oral glucose and fat, and have regulatory pathways that differ from pancreatic glucagon.