Oxytocin

Name:
Oxytocin
Detailed information:
(α-hypophamine). CAS 50-56-6. C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂. A hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Its chief action is stimulation of the contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus. It contains eight different amino acids. In 1955 du Vigneaud elucidated its amino acid sequence, the first such determination ever made; it may be represented:

It is available as a solution for injection (oxytocin injection, USP).