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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Oligopeptides > Vasopressins > Arginine Vasopressin
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Vasopressins > Arginine Vasopressin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Posterior > Vasopressins > Arginine Vasopressin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Posterior > Vasopressins > Arginine Vasopressin

Preferred term

Arginine Vasopressin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The predominant form of mammalian antidiuretic hormone. It is a nonapeptide containing an ARGININE at residue 8 and two disulfide-linked cysteines at residues of 1 and 6. Arg-vasopressin is used to treat DIABETES INSIPIDUS or to improve vasomotor tone and BLOOD PRESSURE.

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Entry terms

  • 113-79-1
  • 4R069M4O1P
  • Argipressin
  • Arg-Vasopressin
  • Cys-Tyr-Phe-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Arg-Gly-NH2, cyclic 1-6 disulfide
  • Vasopressin, Arginine

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Arginine vasopressine

    French

  • 113-79-1
  • 4R069M4O1P
  • Arg-vasopressine
  • Arginine-8 vasopressine
  • Argipressine
  • Cys-Tyr-Phe-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Arg-Gly-NH2, cyclic 1-6 disulfide

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N4VF3QZ9-B

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