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Hormones that stimulate gonadal functions such as GAMETOGENESIS and sex steroid hormone production in the OVARY and the TESTIS. Major gonadotropins are glycoproteins produced primarily by the adenohypophysis (GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY) and the placenta (CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN). In some species, pituitary PROLACTIN and PLACENTAL LACTOGEN exert some luteotropic activities.
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- Gonadotropin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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- National Library of Medicine. Gonadotropins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006062
- Gonadotropins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonadotropin
- Gonadotropins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409770