Octopamine Hcl – (770-05-8)

Octopamine is a biogenic monoamine structurally related to noradrenaline, serves as a neurohormone, neuromodulator, and neurotransmitter in invertebrates. It plays a crucial role in various physiological processes, including glycogenolysis, glycolysis, oxygen uptake, gluconeogenesis, and increasing portal perfusion pressure. In invertebrates, octopamine is involved in regulating sensory input desensitization, arousal, initiation, and maintenance of rhythmic and complex behaviors such as learning and memory.

It also influences endocrine gland activity and induces the mobilization of lipids and carbohydrates by binding to specific G protein-coupled receptors.In the realm of research, octopamine hydrochloride is used to study its effects on alpha2-adrenoceptors (ARs) in Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with human alpha2-ARs.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopamine
https://www.medchemexpress.com/Octopamine-hydrochloride.html
https://www.medkoo.com/products/19337
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/octopamine
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/octopamine