Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
The synthesis of an octapeptide amide with the hormonal activity of oxytocin.
J. Amer. chem. Soc., 75, 4879-80. 1953.
Synthesis of oxytocin. With C. Ressler, J. M. Swan, C. W. Roberts, P. G. Katsoyannis, and S. Gordon.
In 1955 Vigneaud was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone."
See also No. 1175.4.
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