PROLAKTIN (az lotini pro — ba pesh, peshtar va lactis — shir), gormoni laktogeni, gormonest, ki laktaisiyai (prosessi hosilshavi, jamshavi va fosilahoi judoshavii shir dar odam va shirkhurho) shirkhurhoro nazorat menamoyad. Prolaktin safeda buda. massai molekulaviash ba 23—24 •103 barobar ast. Soli 1969 Ch. Li (IMA) yakjoya bo hamkoronash sokhti ibtidoii Prolaktini gusfandro muayyan namud, ki on az 198 boqimondai 18 (aminokislota tarkib yoftaast. Prolaktin dar gipofiz hosil meshavad. Konsentratsiyai Prolaktin dar kuli zanhoi homilador az 5—10 to 200 ng/ml meafzoyad. Prolaktin dar organizmhoi narina ham dida meshavad, ki sababi on to hol malum nest. Prolaktin dar shirkhurho asosan khislati modarzodiro ba vujud meorad va dar bazeashon (masalan, kallamush, mush) beshtar faoliyati jismi zardi tukhmdonro metezonad.