Waxaa la ogaaday in hawlo kale oo badan ay qabtaan activin, oo ay ku jiraan doorarka ku saabsan faafitaanka unugyada, kala duwanaanshaha, apoptosis, dheef-shiid kiimikaadka, homeostasis, jawaabta difaaca, dayactirka dhaawaca, iyo shaqada endocrine. Dhinaca kale, inhibin hoos u dhigo FSH synthesis iyo inhibits FSH secretion. Jiritaanka inhibin ayaa la soo jeediyay horaantii 1916; Si kastaba ha ahaatee, ma aysan jirin ilaa Schenawartz iyo Cornelia Channing shaqada bartamihii 1970-yadii, ka dib markii labada borotiin ay ahaayeen molecularly tilmaamay.
daawada loo yaqaano 'activin'