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Is oxytocin a steroid hormone

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∙ 9y ago
Updated: 11/14/2022

Oxytocin is a small peptoid hormone, not a steroid. It is secreted from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It contracts the uterus during childbirth.

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