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Oxytocin acetate

Nonapeptide hormone

Nasal 24iu, custom custom LARGE EXPERIMENTAL

Overview

What is Oxytocin acetate?

Oxytocin is the endogenous nonapeptide of social-bonding, lactation, and uterine-contraction physiology. Licensed obstetric/nasal products exist; research acetate salts are not those medicines. All catalog material is for laboratory research use only.

Key Benefits

Endogenous nonapeptide, OXTR signaling, Licensed drugs exist separately

Mechanism of Action

OXTR (Gq-coupled) in brain and periphery explains the wide behavioral and smooth-muscle literature. Intranasal research on social cognition is a separate experimental field.

Molecular Information

Weight
1007.2 g/mol
Length
11 amino acids
Type
Oxytocin
Formula
C43H66N12O12S2
Amino Acid Sequence Cys-Tyr-Ile-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 (disulfide Cys¹–Cys⁶)

Research directions

Social neuroscience Large experimental

  • IN oxytocin cognition studies

Periphery Textbook physiology

  • Smooth muscle

Pharmacokinetics

Peak minutes (IV/IN research)
Half-life ~3–5 min IV; longer apparent IN
Cleared rapid IV

Very short IV half-life.

Literature

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