Oxytocin Peptide, 5 mg, laboratory reference material
RESEARCH PEPTIDE

OXYTOCIN | RECEPTOR RESEARCH

Cyclic Nonapeptide Hormone — Oxytocin Receptor Research Material
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Oxytocin is a cyclic nonapeptide with a Cys1–Cys6 disulfide bond and C-terminal glycinamide, supplied as a lyophilized laboratory reference material. Research use only. Not for human or veterinary use.
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CAS Number
50-56-6
Molecular Formula
C43H66N12O12S2
Molecular Weight
1007.19
Research Classification
Research Use Only (RUO). Not for human or veterinary use.

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Oxytocin is an endogenous cyclic nonapeptide hormone and neuropeptide with the sequence CYIQNCPLG-NH2, an intramolecular disulfide bond between Cys1 and Cys6, and a C-terminal glycinamide. It is studied as a defined ligand in oxytocin-receptor pharmacology, reproductive-tissue physiology, and neural-circuit research. This material is supplied for laboratory research use only.

Primary Research Category
Neurocognitive Research
Material Type
Lyophilized Peptide
Intended Use
Laboratory Research
Research Categories
Receptor Pharmacology Hormonal Regulation Neuroscience

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Published receptor assays characterize OXTR agonism with Gq/11–phospholipase-C and calcium signaling; cross-reactivity with vasopressin-family receptors is concentration and assay dependent.

Primary Organ Systems
  • Endocrine System
  • Central Nervous System

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Mechanistic Study•Science• 1982

Oxytocin receptors and human parturition: a dual role for oxytocin in the initiation of labor

Primary human-tissue study describing oxytocin-receptor changes and direct and decidual pathways in parturition.
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Mechanistic Study•Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism• 1990

Human myometrium during pregnancy contains and responds to V1 vasopressin receptors as well as oxytocin receptors

Human ex-vivo receptor-binding and contractility study demonstrating oxytocin and V1-receptor systems in myometrium.
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Preclinical Study•Journal of Neuroscience• 2016

A Distributed Network for Social Cognition Enriched for Oxytocin Receptors

Animal neuroanatomical and circuit study mapping oxytocin-receptor-enriched regions associated with social cognition.
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Clinical Trial•JAMA Psychiatry• 2014

Mitigation of sociocommunicational deficits of autism through oxytocin-induced recovery of medial prefrontal activity: a randomized trial

Randomized human experiment providing route- and context-specific neurobehavioral evidence; not proof of general efficacy.
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