Ethanolamine, also called 2-aminoethanol or monoethanolamine (often abbreviated as ETA or MEA), is an organic chemical compound with the formula HOCH 2 CH 2 NH 2.thanolamine is the second-most-abundant head group for phospholipids, substances found in biological membranes (particularly those of procaryotes), e.g., phosphatidylethanolamine. It is also used in messenger molecules such as palmitoylethanolamide, which has an effect on CB1 receptors.
Function. The exocrine secretion of the pancreas consists of enzymes that digest food in the small intestine, and sodium bicarbonate to neutralize hydrochloric acid from the stomach in the duodenum. See: pancreatic juice. The islets of Langerhans contain alpha, beta, and delta cells.
1 Reduces gastric acid secretion and gastric emptying (passing of food from the stomach into the duodenum). 2  Stimulates pancreatic enzyme secretion. 3  Stimulates gallbladder contraction and bile flow. 4  Opens the sphincter of Oddi which allows the pancreatic enzymes and bile to enter the small intestine. Reduces gastric acid secretion and gastric emptying (passing of food from the stomach into the duodenum). 2  Stimulates pancreatic enzyme secretion. 3  Stimulates gallbladder contraction and bile flow. 4  Opens the sphincter of Oddi which allows the pancreatic enzymes and bile to enter the small intestine.