Product Name Octreotide Acetate
CAS No 83150-76-9
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Purity (HPLC) 98.0%min.
Molecular Formula C49H66N10O10S2
Molecular Weight 1019.28
Appearance White powder
Single Impurity (HPLC) 1.0%max
Amino Acid Composition ±10% of theoretical
Peptide Content (N%) ≥80.0%
Water Content(Karl Fischer) ≤7.0%
Application :
Octreotide has also been used off-label for the treatment of severe, refractory diarrhea from other causes. It is used in toxicology for the treatment of prolonged recurrent hypoglycemia after
sulfonylurea and possibly meglitinides overdose. It has also been used with varying degrees of success in infants with nesidioblastosis to help decrease insulin hypersecretion.
Octreotide has been used experimentally to treat obesity, particularly obesity caused by lesions in the hunger and satiety centers of the hypothalamus, a region of the brain central to the
regulation of food intake and energy expenditure.[4] The circuit begins with an area of the hypothalamus, the arcuate nucleus, that has outputs to the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and ventromedial
hypothalamus (VMH), the brain's feeding and satiety centers, respectively.[5][6] The VMH is sometimes injured by ongoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or surgery or radiation to
treat posterior cranial fossa tumors.