Oxyntomodulin is primarily used in scientific and medical research to study appetite regulation energy metabolism obesity and diabetes.

Its main purpose is to help regulate food intake and energy expenditure by acting on hormone receptors involved in hunger and metabolic control.

Oxyntomodulin is a naturally occurring peptide hormone produced in the intestine after meals derived from the precursor molecule proglucagon and it can activate both glucagon and GLP-1 receptors.