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Oxytocin

Known as: Cys-Tyr-Ile-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2, cyclic 1-6 disulfide, Ocytocin, Oxytocin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A nonapeptide hormone released from the neurohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR). It differs from VASOPRESSIN by two amino acids at residues 3… 
National Institutes of Health

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1 ML Oxytocin 10 UNT/ML Injection1 ML Oxytocin 10 UNT/ML Injection [Pitocin]BreastFetal Distress

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ANTAG IANTAG IIF 327F 382

Broader (4)

HormonesPituitary HormonesPosterior Pituitary Hormonesreproductive hormone

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A comparison of differing dosing regimens of vaginally administered misoprostol for preinduction cervical ripening and labor induction.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The effect of continuous epidural analgesia on cesarean section for dystocia in nulliparous women.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Localization of vasopressin binding sites in rat brain by in vitro autoradiography using a radioiodinated V1 receptor antagonist
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ovarian secretion of oxytocin is stimulated by prostaglandin
Oxytocin induces regression of corpora lutea when administered to several domestic species1–3 and a role for endogenous oxytocin… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Blood pressure and heart rate responses to microinjection of vasopressin into the nucleus tractus solitarius region of the rat
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Enkephalins co-exist with oxytocin and vasopressin in nerve terminals of rat neurohypophysis
Evidence is accumulating that opiates inhibit the release of oxytocin and vasopressin by acting on nerve terminals in the… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Characterization of the responses of oxytocin‐ and vasopressin‐secreting neurones in the supraoptic nucleus to osmotic stimulation
1. Extracellular action potentials were recorded from forty antidromically identified single units in the supraoptic nucleus of… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Oxytocin-stimulated release of prostaglandin F2alpha from ovine endometrium in vitro: correlation with estrous cycle and oxytocin-receptor binding.
Endometrial and myometrial tissues, obtained from Merino ewes on 5 different days of the estrous cycle, were incubated at 37 C in… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Post-proline cleaving enzyme. Purification of this endopeptidase by affinity chromatography.
Review
1953
Review
1953
Measurement of uterine blood flow and uterine metabolism. I. Critical review of methods.
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