alpha-fetoprotein

synonym: α-1-fetoprotein
initialism: AFP
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10358

Protein coded by the AFP gene and produced by fetal tissues, an abnormally high amount of which in the amniotic fluid or maternal serum may indicate a neural tube defect, or some other loss of structural integrity in the fetus.

Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 713. (Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)) on page 719 [Terms] [Paper]