The vasotocin-like biological activity present in the bovine pineal is due to a compound different from vasotocin
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal Of Neural Transmission-Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section
- Vol. 51 (3-4) , 295-302
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01248960
Abstract
Summary The vasotocin-like biological activity detected in an extract (E5 fraction) of bovine pineal gland was found not to be due to the presence of vasotocin, vasopressin or oxytocin. The data obtained by means of bio- and radio-immunoassays suggest that the peptide responsible for this biological activity, however, possesses the same Pro-Arg-Gly(NH2) tripeptidic carboxy-terminal end as vasotocin.Keywords
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