Question

Is somatostatin a hormone?

Answer 1

Hormone is our body's chemical messenger that travels in our bloodstream to different organs or tissues, etc. It acts slowly and affects different functions like metabolism, growth, reproduction, etc.

Complete answer:
Somatostatin is also known as a growth inhibiting hormone and is produced in many locations including gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, hypothalamus and central nervous system.
Somatostatin, also known as growth inhibiting hormone (GHIH) or by several other names, and it is a peptide hormone that regulates the endocrine system and affects neurotransmission and cell proliferation and differentiation through interaction with G protein-coupled somatostatin receptors and inhibit the release of numerous secondary hormones. It inhibits insulin or glucagon secretion.
It affects both endocrine as well as exocrine pancreatic secretion acting through paracrine and endocrine secretion.

Note:
The main function of somatostatin is to inhibit the production of other hormones and also inhibit unnecessary reproduction of cells such as in case of malignant tumors . It acts as a neurotransmitter and has a role in the gastrointestinal tract.