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2558 Merotocin
c8fbf37a8a60f6fa9f3da4babe213a014279dfae52b0aa9995b368a7bc450951

Properties

Background

Blue
Bottle

Light green
Cap

Orange
Syringe

Orange
Bubbles
No
Drops
No
Label
Cross

Chemistry

Formula
C48H68FN11O12S
Carbon
48
Polarity
Neutral

Merotocin (INN) (developmental code name FE-202767), also known as carba-1-(4-FBzlGly⁷)dOT, is a peptidic agonist of the oxytocin receptor that was derived from oxytocin. It is under development by Ferring Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of preterm mothers with lactation failure requiring lactation support, and is in phase II clinical trials for this indication. Merotocin is potent (EC₅₀ < 0.1 nM) and highly selective (>1000-fold over the related vasopressin receptors).

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