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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Posterior > Vasotocin
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Preferred term

Vasotocin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 3 Isoleucyl Vasopressin
  • 3-Isoleucyl Vasopressin
  • (8-Arginine)Oxytocin
  • Arginine Oxytocin
  • Arginine Vasotocin
  • Argiprestocin
  • Argiprestocine
  • Isoleucyl Vasopressin
  • Non-Mammalian Vasopressin
  • Oxytocin, Arginine
  • Vasopressin, 3-Isoleucyl
  • Vasopressin, Isoleucyl
  • Vasopressin, Non Mammalian
  • Vasopressin, Non-Mammalian
  • Vasotocin, Arginine

Scope note

  • A nonapeptide that contains the ring of OXYTOCIN and the side chain of ARG-VASOPRESSIN with the latter determining the specific recognition of hormone receptors. Vasotocin is the non-mammalian vasopressin-like hormone or antidiuretic hormone regulating water and salt metabolism.

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