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2026 Vasopressin
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Properties

Background

Blue
Bottle

Pink
Cap

Blue
Syringe

Light green
Bubbles
No
Drops
No
Label
Cross

Chemistry

Formula
C46H65N15O12S2
Carbon
46
Polarity
Neutral

Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP. It then travels down the axon of that cell, which terminates in the posterior pituitary, and is released from vesicles into the circulation in response to extracellular fluid hypertonicity (hyperosmolality). AVP has two primary functions. First, it increases the amount of solute-free water reabsorbed back into the circulation from the filtrate in the kidney tubules of the nephrons. Second, AVP constricts arterioles, which increases peripheral vascular resistance and raises arterial blood pressure.

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