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Possible Interaction: Oxytocin and Vitamin C

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Oxytocin

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Vitamin C

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

BACKGROUND Ascorbic acid AA ) modulates catecholaminergic activity, decreases stress reactivity, approach anxiety and prolactin release, improves vascular function, and increases oxytocin release.
Biological Psychiatry  •  2002  |  View Paper
RESULTS The administration of as orbic acid to conscious rats resulted in a significant decrease in urinary volume and an increase in the renal excretion of sodium, with a concomitant increase in the plasma levels of vasopressin and oxy tocin.
Neuro endocrinology letters  •  2010  |  View Paper
Treatment with ascorbic acid (0.5 mM) increased the secretion of oxytocin and progesterone, as previously described, but not that of inhibin.
Reproduction, fertility, and development  •  1990  |  View Paper
In conventional culture, addition of ascorbic acid to culture media (0.5 mmol/l) increased the secretion of oxytocin (up to 4.5-fold) but only if ascorbic acid was present during the first day of culture.
The Journal of endocrinology  •  1988  |  View Paper