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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Menotropins
Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Menotropins

Preferred term

Menotropins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Extracts of urine from menopausal women that contain high concentrations of pituitary gonadotropins, FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE and LUTEINIZING HORMONE. Menotropins are used to treat infertility. The FSH:LH ratio and degree of purity vary in different preparations. FSH:LH = 3:1 FSH:LH = 1:1

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Entry terms

  • 61489-71-2
  • 8049-76-1 (ORG-31338)
  • 97048-13-0 (Urofollitropin)
  • Gonadotropin, menopausal
  • Gonadotropins, Human Menopausal
  • Human Menopausal Gonadotropin
  • Menotrophin

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In other languages

  • Ménotropines

    French

  • 61489-71-2
  • 8049-76-1 (ORG-31338)
  • 97048-13-0 (Urofollitropin)
  • Gonadotrophines humaines de la ménopause
  • Gonadotrophines ménopausiques humaines
  • Gonadotrophines urinaires ménopausiques
  • Gonadotropin, menopausal
  • hMG (Human menopausal gonadotropin)
  • Ménotrophines

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-W97336BH-M

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