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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Oligopeptides > Vasopressins > Ornipressin
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Vasopressins > Ornipressin
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Ornipressin  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ornithine 8 Vasopressin
  • Ornithine-8-Vasopressin
  • Ornithine Vasopressin
  • Orpressin
  • Vasopressin, Ornithine

Scope note

  • A synthetic analog of vasopressin with ORNITHINE substitution at residue 8 of the cyclic nonapeptide. It is used as a local vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under VASOPRESSINS 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009951

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