Oxytocin (α-Hypophamine; Oxytocic hormone) ndi peptide ya pleiotropic hypothalamic yomwe imathandiza pobereka, kuyamwitsa, ndi khalidwe la prosocial.Oxytocin imakhala ngati molekyu yolimbana ndi nkhawa yokhala ndi anti-yotupa, antioxidant komanso chitetezo, makamaka pokumana ndi zovuta kapena zoopsa.
Oxytocin CAS 50-56-6 ndi woyera mpaka chikasu bulauni ufa, hygroscopic ndipo mosavuta kusungunuka m'madzi.
Oxytocin CAS 50-56-6 imatha kutengeka kuchokera ku mucosa wapakamwa ndikusankha kuchitapo kanthu pamitsempha yosalala ya uterine kuti ilimbikitse kutsekeka kwa chiberekero.Ndioyenera kuyambitsa kubereka komanso kuchedwetsa ululu wowawa.Zotsatira zake ndi zofanana ndi kulowetsedwa kwa oxytocin Chemicalbook.Ndi zoletsedwa kwa amayi omwe ali ndi chiuno chopapatiza, mbiri ya opaleshoni ya chiberekero (kuphatikizapo opareshoni), kupweteka kwambiri pobereka, kutsekeka kwa njira yoberekera, kutuluka kwa placenta, ndi mimba yoopsa kwambiri.
Oxytocin ndi mankhwala a uterotonic.Amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochotsa magazi m'chiberekero chifukwa cha kubadwa, oxytocin, postpartum ndi pambuyo pochotsa mimba chifukwa cha chiberekero cha chiberekero.