Patent ID: 7727959

Claim:
A method for treating a subject with vaginal dry membranes, said method comprising topically or parenterally administering a composition with an effective amount of a substance having oxytocin activity to said subject in need thereof, wherein the substance has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18, SEQ ID NO: 19, and wherein X 1 is selected from the group consisting of Cys and nothing, X 2 is selected from the group consisting of Tyr, Phe, and nothing, X 3 is selected from the group consisting of Ile, Val, Hoph, Phe, Cha, and nothing, X 4 is selected from the group consisting of Gln, Ser, Thr, Cit, Arg, and Daba, X 5 is selected from the group consisting of Pro, and nothing, X 6 is selected from the group consisting of Ile, Leu, nothing, Val, Hos, Daba, Thr, and Cit, X 7 is selected from the group consisting of Gly, nothing, and Ala, and R is a chemical bond or, when X 1 does not represent Cys, represents nothing.