Abstract
Summary
Commercial pitressin contains minute amounts of a histamine-like component apparently bound to the polypeptide but which can be concentrated and rendered capable of inducing physiological responses characteristic of histamine when pitressin is subjected to strong acid hydrolysis and the pressor activity destroyed. Extracts of commercial oxytocin contained but one-tenth the vasodepressor activity of pitressin extracts.
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