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GONADOLIBERIN
The peptidehormone that controlreproductive function.
It produced and released by the hypothalamus and controls the manufacture and release of gonadotrophins from the pituitary gland.
It causes the manufacture of luteinising hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone.
Synonym: gonadotropin-releasing factor, gonadotropin-releasing hormone, luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor, gonadoliberin.
Origin: Gonad + L. Libero, to free, + -in