# Oxytocin Acetate

> Oxytocin is a mammalian hormone that acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain.

- **Category:** Peptides
- **Package sizes:** 2 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg
- **CAS number:** 50-56-6
- **Storage:** Store lyophilized at −20 °C, dry and protected from light. Follow the batch-specific label and Certificate of Analysis for validated storage and stability conditions.
- **Form:** Lyophilised powder
- **Intended use:** This product is intended exclusively for laboratory and scientific research. Not for human or veterinary use.
- **Molecular formula:** C43H66N12O12S2
- **Molecular weight:** 1007.2 g/mol (computed, PubChem)
- **InChIKey:** XNOPRXBHLZRZKH-DSZYJQQASA-N
- **PubChem CID:** 439302 (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/439302)

## About Oxytocin Acetate

The word oxytocin was derived from the Greek word“, meaning quick birth.

The oxytocin peptide is synthesized as an inactive precursor protein from the OXT gene.

Oxytocin is a peptide of nine amino acids (a nonapeptide).

Its systematic name is cysteine-tyrosine-isoleucine-glutamine-asparagine-cysteine-proline-leucine-glycine-amine (cys, tyr, ile,gln,asn,cys, pro, leu, gly - NH2, or CYIQNCPLG-NH2).

The cysteine residues form a disulfide bond.

Oxytocin has a molecular mass of 1007 daltons.

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