Pregnancy tests detect hCG, a hormone that begins to rise after a fertilized egg implants in the uterus. Ovulation tests, on ...

Moreover, hCG closely resembles another glycoprotein hormone — luteinizing hormone (LH). LH stimulates ovulation in females and boosts testosterone production in males. This makes it useful for ...

The new compound, an LH/hCG agonistic agent, interacts with the human LH receptor just like LH (and hCG). Scientists carried out pre-clinical tests of this LH agonist in rats and found that it ...

However the effect of gonadotrophins in theca and granulosa cells is of paramount importance in this process. FSH and LH/hCG act via G Protein coupled receptors, which stimulate adenylyl cyclase and ...