Like its sister compound, it contains two 9-amino acid peptides, but it possesses a leucine at the eighth position.
Like its sister compound, it contains two 9-amino acid peptides, but it possesses a leucine at the eighth position. The prophylactic syntometrine can be administered instead of this compound in a hospital setting. Along with its sister compound, it was first synthesized in 1953 by Vincent du Vigneaud, who won a Nobel in chemistry for his work. Like vasopressin it is produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary. FTP, name this hormone, whose synthetic version can cause uterine contractions and whose natural version causes the secretion of breast milk
Like its sister compound, it contains two 9-amino acid peptides, but it possesses a leucine at the eighth position.
{oxytocin} or {pitocin}