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Vasotocin is an oligopeptide homologous to oxytocin and vasopressin found in all non-mammalian vertebrates (including birds fishes and amphibians) and possibly in mammals during the fetal stage of development. Arginine vasotocin (AVT) a hormone produced by neurosecretory cells within the posterior pituitary gland (neurohypophysis) of the brain is a major endocrine regulator of water balance and osmotic homoeostasis and is involved in social and sexual behavior in non-mammalian vertebrates.

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IUPAC name
1-[(1R4S7S13S16R)-16-amino-4-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-7-(3-amino-3-oxopropyl)-10-[(2S)-butan-2-yl]-13-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-3691215-pentaoxo-1819-dithia-2581114-pentazacycloicosane-1-carbonyl]-N-[(2S)-1-[(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)amino]-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide

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