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Calcitonin

A 32-amino-acid peptide hormone made by the C cells of the thyroid, which lowers blood calcium by restraining osteoclasts, the cells that resorb bone; it was discovered in the early 1960s by Harold Copp at the University of British Columbia, in Canada. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities and other impurities.

Did you know?In 1969 Copp himself helped isolate salmon calcitonin, which in humans is more potent and longer-lasting than the human hormone: that is why it is the form most used as a medicine.

CalcitoninGo to the active ingredient →
CalcitoninActive ingredientCalcitoninCat. No. P-C009-001CAS 47931-85-1

EDQM standards 2

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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