CHEBI:81568 - Luteinizing hormone

ChEBI IDCHEBI:81568
ChEBI NameLuteinizing hormone
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Last Modified6 February 2026
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
hormone  Originally referring to an endogenous compound that is formed in specialized organ or group of cells and carried to another organ or group of cells, in the same organism, upon which it has a specific regulatory function, the term is now commonly used to include non-endogenous, semi-synthetic and fully synthetic analogues of such compounds.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
Luteinizing hormone (CHEBI:81568) has role hormone (CHEBI:24621)
Luteinizing hormone (CHEBI:81568) is a glycoprotein (CHEBI:17089)
Synonyms  Source
ICSHKEGG COMPOUND
Interstitial cell stimulating hormoneKEGG COMPOUND
LHKEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C18183KEGG COMPOUND
Registry NumbersSources
CAS:9002-67-9KEGG COMPOUND