US PATENT SUBCLASS 530 / 398
.~.~.~ Gonadatropins


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530 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES; PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS; LIGNINS OR REACTION PRODUCTS THEREOF

350  DF  PROTEINS, I.E., MORE THAN 100 AMINO ACID RESIDUES {14}
395  DF  .~ Glycoprotein, e.g., mucins proteoglycans, etc. {2}
397  DF  .~.~ Glycoprotein hormones {1}
398.~.~.~ Gonadatropins


DEFINITION

Classification: 530/398

Gonadatropins:

(under subclass 397) Proteins having the structure of gonadatropins and compounds derived from these by addition to or deletion of parts of the polypeptide structure.

(1) Note. Physiological properties. Stimulate the gonads to growth and production of sex-specific hormones, i.e., estrogens and gestagens in the female and androgens in the male.

(2) Note. Examples: Choriogonin, Bigonadil, Choriogonadotropin, Chorulom, HGC, Follitropin, or Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), Lutropin, or Luteinizing hormone (LH), Human menopausal gonadotropin (Urongonadotropin, hMG, Chorionic gonadotropin (Choriogonadotropin, (hCG).

(3) Note. [figure]

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

930, Peptide or Protein Sequence,

110, for gonadotropin peptide or protein sequences.