Oxytocin

oxytocin

type of chemical entity

Subclass of	biogenic cyclopeptide
Part of	oxytocin receptor activity, oxytocin production, Oxytocin/neurophysin I prepropeptide
Facet give	women's health
Chemical formula	C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂
Canonical SMILES	CCC(C)C1C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(CSSCC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)N1)CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)N)C(=O)N3CCCC3C(=O)NC(CC(C)C)C(=O)NCC(=O)N)CC(=O)N)CCC(=O)N
Isomeric SMILES	CC[C@H](C)[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@@H](CSSC[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N1)CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)N)C(=O)N3CCC[C@H]3C(=O)N[C@@H](CC(C)C)C(=O)NCC(=O)N)CC(=O)N)CCC(=O)N
Active ingredient in	Pitocin, Oxytocin
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name	oxytocin
Found insyd taxon	Oxystelma esculentum, Oxystelma wallichii
Dem encode by	OXT
Physically dey interact plus	oxytocin receptor, Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A, Arginine vasopressin receptor 1B, Arginine vasopressin receptor 2
Legal status (medicine)	boxed warning
Pregnancy category	Australian pregnancy category A
Get characteristic	biopharmaceutical
Subject has role	oxytocics, essential medicine, hormone
Used by	biological basis of love
WordLift URL	http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/oxytocin
MCN code	3004.39.22, 2937.19.50, 3003.39.22

Oxytocin be a peptide hormone den neuropeptide dem normally produce insyd de hypothalamus wey e be released by de posterior pituitary. Present insyd animals since early stages of evolution, insyd humans e dey play roles insyd behavior wey dey include social bonding, love, reproduction, childbirth, den de period after childbirth. Oxytocin be released into de bloodstream as a hormone in response to sexual activity den during childbirth. E sanso be available insyd pharmaceutical form. Insyd either form, oxytocin dey stimulate uterine contractions to speed up de process of childbirth.

Insyd ein natural form, e sanso dey play a role in maternal bonding den milk production. Production den secretion of oxytocin be controlled by a positive feedback mechanism, wer ein initial release dey stimulate production den release of further oxytocin. For example, wen oxytocin be released during a contraction of de uterus at de start of childbirth, dis dey stimulate production den release of more oxytocin den an increase insyd de intensity den frequency of contractions. Dis process dey compound insyd intensity den frequency den dey continue til de triggering activity ceases. A similar process dey take place during lactation den during sexual activity.

Oxytocin be derived by enzymatic wey dey split from de peptide precursor encoded by de human OXT gene. De deduced structure of de active nonapeptide be:

Cys – Tyr – Ile – Gln – Asn – Cys – Pro – Leu – Gly – NH₂, or CYIQNCPLG-NH₂.

Read further

• Caldwell HK, Young WS (2006). "Oxytocin and Vasopressin: Genetics and Behavioral Implications" (PDF). In Abel L, Lim R (eds.). Handbook of neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology. Berlin: Springer. pp. 573–607. ISBN 978-0-387-30348-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
• Schmitz S, Höppner G, eds. (2014). "Oxytocin as proximal cause of 'maternal instinct': weak science, post-feminism, and the hormones of mystique". Gendered neurocultures: feminist and queer perspectives on current brain discourses. challenge GENDER, 2. Wien: Zaglossus. ISBN 978-3-902902-12-2.
• Yong E (13 November 2015). "The weak science behind the wrongly named moral molecule". The Atlantic..