Hormone
argipressin
Definitions related to argipressin:
  • (arginine vasopressin) The predominant form of mammalian antidiuretic hormone. It is a nonapeptide containing an ARGININE at residue 8 and two disulfide-linked cysteines at residues of 1 and 6. Arg-vasopressin is used to treat DIABETES INSIPIDUS or to improve vasomotor tone and BLOOD PRESSURE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (arginine vasopressin) Usual mammalian antidiuretic hormone, it is a cyclic peptide with arginine in position 8 of the chain.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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