oxytocin

peptide hormone and neuropeptide
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q169960
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oxytocin

Summary

oxytocin is a type of chemical entity[1]. oxytocin ranks in the top 0.84% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,160 views/month, #106 of 12,596).[2]

Key Facts

  • oxytocin's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • oxytocin's physically interacts with is recorded as oxytocin receptor[4].
  • oxytocin's physically interacts with is recorded as Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A[5].
  • oxytocin's physically interacts with is recorded as Arginine vasopressin receptor 1B[6].
  • oxytocin's physically interacts with is recorded as Arginine vasopressin receptor 2[7].
  • oxytocin's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCC(C)C1C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(CSSCC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)N1)CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)N)C(=O)N3CCCC3C(=O)NC(CC(C)C)C(=O)NCC(=O)N)CC(=O)N)CCC(=O)N[8].
  • oxytocin's chemical formula is recorded as C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂[9].
  • oxytocin is a type of biogenic cyclopeptide[10].
  • oxytocin is part of oxytocin receptor activity[11].
  • oxytocin is part of oxytocin production[12].
  • oxytocin is part of Oxytocin/neurophysin I prepropeptide[13].
  • oxytocin's Commons category is recorded as Oxytocin[14].
  • oxytocin comprises nitrogen[15].
  • oxytocin comprises carbon[16].
  • oxytocin's encoded by is recorded as OXT[17].
  • oxytocin's found in taxon is recorded as Oxystelma esculentum[18].
  • oxytocin's found in taxon is recorded as Oxystelma wallichii[19].
  • oxytocin's facet of is recorded as women's health[20].
  • oxytocin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • oxytocin's used by is recorded as biological basis of love[22].
  • oxytocin's has characteristic is recorded as biopharmaceutical[23].
  • oxytocin's different from is recorded as oxycodone[24].
  • oxytocin's MCN code is recorded as 3004.39.22[25].
  • oxytocin's MCN code is recorded as 2937.19.50[26].
  • oxytocin's MCN code is recorded as 3003.39.22[27].

Why It Matters

oxytocin ranks in the top 0.84% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,160 views/month, #106 of 12,596).[2] oxytocin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] oxytocin is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . A pregnane ester tetraglycoside from Oxystelma esculentum. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . A pregnane ester tetraglycoside from Oxystelma esculentum. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23144, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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