Mesh term Gonadotropins
Browse to parent terms:Peptide Hormones
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Chorionic Gonadotropin
Gonadotropins, Equine
Gonadotropins, Pituitary
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