oxytocin
Last reviewed 01/2018
Extracts of the posterior pituitary were first used in obstetrics by Blair Bell in 1909.
The extracts contained two major endocrine components:
- oxytocin
- antidiuretuc hormone (vasopressin)
The unwanted antidiuretic hormone has been eliminated by chemical synthesis of the oxytocin octapeptide.
Synthetic oxytocin is called Syntocinon.