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Vapreotide
Pharmaceutical drug / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vapreotide (Sanvar) is a synthetic somatostatin analog. It is used in the treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding[1][2] in patients with cirrhotic liver disease and AIDS-related diarrhea.[3]
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Trade names | Sanvar |
Other names | H-D-Phe-Cys(1)-Tyr-D-Trp-Lys-Val-Cys(1)-Trp-NH2 Octastatin |
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Elimination half-life | 30 minutes |
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Formula | C57H70N12O9S2 |
Molar mass | 1131.38 g·mol−1 |
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Density | 1.4 g/cm3 |
Boiling point | 1,540.9 °C (2,805.6 °F) |
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It is an 8 residue peptide with sequence H-D-Phe-Cys(1)-Tyr-D-Trp-Lys-Val-Cys(1)-Trp-NH2.