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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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Review
1998
Review
1998
Neuropeptide families: evolutionary perspectives
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Neurotransmitters and peptides modulate the release of immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing factor from cultured human placental cells.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Conformational restrictions of biologically active peptides via amino acid side chain groups.
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… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
Minireview. The ascent of cholecystokinin (CCK) - from gut to brain.
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
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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