doi: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00130 de Bray A, Roberts AG, Armour S, Tong J, Huhn C, Gatin-Fraudet B, Romann K, Shilleh AH, Jiang W, Figueredo Burgos NS, Trott JPP, Viloria K, Nasteska D, Pearce A, Miyazaki S, Tomlinson JW, Owen DM, Nieves DJ, Ast J, Cyranka M, Epanchintsev A, mml C, Reimann F, Soykan T, Ladds G, Adriaenssens AE, Trapp S, Jones B, Broichhagen J, Hodson DJ
PMID: 19375714
It was studied as a provocative diagnostic test of pituitary GH-secretory capacity and as a treatment for children with idiopathic growth-hormone deficiency, where daily bedtime injection increased height velocity in some patients
This helps prevent the negative effects of food consumption and insulin release on the diurnal HGH secretion