Okay, this is for a school project that I'm doing, and it's due tomorrow, so make this top priority to answer! I'm basically doing artwork for my project, but the paper is going to be folded in half, and I need to know the measurements stat! Follow.
Oxytocin injection is a sterile aqueous solution of highly purified oxytocic principle derived by synthesis or obtained from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland of healthy domestic animals used for food by humans. Oxytocin injection contains 20 USP Units of oxytocin and less than 0.4 units of presser activity per mL. Each mL of sterile solution also contains 0.9% w/v sodium chloride, 0.5% w/v chlorobutanol (as a preservative), with water for injection q.s. and pH adjusted to 3.0 to 5.0 with acetic acid.
Oxytocin is often given to prospective mothers to hasten birth. In rodents, oxytocin also acts on the nucleus accumbens and amygdala in the brain where it enhances: bonding between males and females after they have mated; bonding between a mother and her newborn.