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50-56-6
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Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide that plays a role in social bonding, reproduction, and childbirth. It is synthesized in the hypothalamus and stored and secreted by the posterior pituitary gland. Medically, it is used to induce or augment labor and to control postpartum bleeding.