Ractopamine
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ractopamine-223-1621941
title:
Ractopamine
text:
Ractopamine is an animal feed additive used to promote leanness and increase food conversion efficiency in farmed animals in several countries, but banned in others. Pharmacologically, it is a phenol-based TAAR1 agonist and β adrenoreceptor agonist that stimulates β1 and β2 adrenergic receptors.
It is most commonly administered to animals for meat production as ractopamine hydrochloride. It is the active ingredient in products marketed in the US as Paylean for swine, Optaflexx for cattle, and To
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Animal feed additive
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ractopamine
date created:
2007-07-14T17:07:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T06:33:38Z
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