Misoprostol
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Cayman Chemical
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Product
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Misoprostol
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Company
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Cayman Chemical
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Price
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More Information
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Conjugate/Tag/Label
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Unconjugated
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Molecule Name
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Misoprostol
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Original Item Name
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Misoprostol
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Target/Molecule Synonym
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SC-29333; Cytotec
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Catalog Number
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13820
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Quantity
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5 mg
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Description
Misoprostol is a PGE1 analog with agonist activity mediated by EP2, EP3, and EP4 receptors. It has been shown to inhibit the formation of gastric lesions in rats (ED50 = 0.31 µg/kg), inhibit superoxide generation in human neutrophils (EC50 = 0.35 µM), and relax fetal rabbit ductus arteriosus (EC50 = 0.36 nM) in a concentration dependent manner. Misoprostol is commonly used in clinical medicine for the prevention of peptic ulcer disease. It has also been used in conjunction with RU-486 for the oral induction of first trimester abortion. Misoprostol is readily absorbed and rapidly hydrolyzed in humans to the active free acid.