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- angiotensin IV). A heptapeptide has seven amino acids. (e.g., spinorphin). An octapeptide has eight amino acids (e.g., angiotensin II). A nonapeptide has nine...
- Octreotide, sold under the brand name Sandostatin among others, is an octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more...
- to as metorphamide, is an endogenous, C-terminally amidated, opioid octapeptide (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met-Arg-Arg-Val-NH2, YGGFMRRV-NH2) that is produced...
- Angiotensin I is subsequently converted to the active angiotensin II (an octapeptide) by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) found on the surface of vascular...
- Agents that reduce the excretion of urine, most notably the octapeptide vasopressins...
- JM, Roberts CW, Katsoyannis PG, Gordon S (1953). "The synthesis of an octapeptide amide with the hormonal activity of oxytocin". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75 (19):...
- Likewise it converts the inactive decapeptide angiotensin I to the octapeptide angiotensin II by removing the dipeptide His-Leu. ACE is a central component...
- L-seryl)-L-threonyl)-L-threonyl) L-threonyl)-L-asparaginyl)-L-tyrosyl) L-threonine. Octapeptide sharing sequence homology with HIV envelope protein gp120. It may be...
- subsequent somatostatin receptor targeted imaging. For the use in PRRT TOC was coupled with the chelator DOTA, to form the octapeptide DOTA-TOC (D)....
- Octreotide (brand name Sandostatin, Novartis Pharmaceuticals) is an octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though is a more...