CAS 50-56-6 Oxytocin Acetate

Product Name:Oxytocin Acetate
Alias:Atonin,Endopituirina,Orasthin,Oxytocinum,Partocon,Pitocin,Piton,Pitupartin,Utedrin,Uteracon
Cas No.: 50-56-6
EINECS : 200-048-4
Molecular Formula: C43H66N12O12S2
Molecular Weight: 1007.19
Purity (HPLC): 98.0%min.
Appearance: White powder
Single Impurity (HPLC): 1.0%max
Amino Acid Composition: ±10% of theoretical
Peptide Content (N%): >80.0%
Water Content(Karl Fischer): <6.0%
Acetate Content(HPIC): <12.0%
MS(ESI): Consistent
Mass Balance: 95.0~105.0%
Grade : Pharmaceutical Grade
Storage: Closed, below 2 ~ 8℃ preservation
Usage : For induction of labor, postpartum oxytocin, and abortion due to uterine atony or retraction caused by the bad uterus bleeding; understand the placental function reserve (oxytocin challenge test); nasal drops can promote milk ejection.

Oxytocin (Oxt) is a mammalian neurohypophysial hormone. Produced by the hypothalamus and stored and secreted by the posterior pituitary gland, oxytocin acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain.
Oxytocin plays an important role in the neuroanatomy of intimacy, specifically in sexual reproduction of both sexes, in particular during and after childbirth; its name, meaning "swift childbirth", comes from Greek, oksys "swift" and , tokos "birth." It is released in large amounts after distension of the cervix and uterus during labor, facilitating birth,