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Medchemexpress LLC Octopamine hydrochloride | 770-05-8 | 99.9% | 1 G
Supplier: Medchemexpress LLC HYB0528A1G
Octopamine hydrochloride is a biogenic monoamine structurally related to noradrenaline. It functions as a neurohormone, neuromodulator, and neurotransmitter in invertebrates, stimulating alpha2-adrenoceptors and increasing various metabolic processes. It mediates behaviors like learning and memory, regulates endocrine gland activity, and mobilizes lipids and carbohydrates through specific G protein-coupled receptors.
- Acts as a neurohormone, neuromodulator, and neurotransmitter
- Stimulates alpha2-adrenoceptors (ARs)
- Increases glycogenolysis, glycolysis, oxygen uptake, gluconeogenesis, and portal perfusion pressure
- Regulates sensory input desensitization, arousal, and rhythmic behaviors
- Involved in complex behaviors like learning and memory
- Regulates endocrine gland activity
- Induces lipid and carbohydrate mobilization
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