No artificial growth hormone, such as recombinant bovine somatotropin — a synthetic hormone that boosts cows» milk supply — is given to the cows that produce the company's milk. (fooddrink-magazine.com)
Also known as somatotropin, it occurs naturally in the human body. (fitnessandpower.com)
It was discovered in the 1920's and isolated in the form of somatotropin in 1956, while it was first successfully synthesized in laboratories in 1981. (fitnessandpower.com)