arginine vasopressin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000496",
  "term": "arginine vasopressin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "arg-vasopressin"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "vasopressin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "vasopresina arginina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/arginine-vasopressin/"
}