- Concept UI
- M0009540
- Registry Numbers
- 0
- Scope Note
- 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.
- Terms
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Gonadotropins
Preferred Term
Term UI
T018409
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1964)
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Gonadotropin
Term UI
T018408
Date05/04/1987
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)