Catalog/Growth
Growth
HCG
Human chorionic gonadotropin
A heterodimeric glycoprotein hormone used to study luteinizing-hormone receptor signaling. Listed as a 5,000 IU research vial.
- CAS
- 9002-61-3
- Formula
- α/β glycoprotein
- Mass (g/mol)
- 36700
- Half-life
- ~24–36 h
- Form
- Lyophilized
- Purity
- ≥98% HPLC
Mechanism
Binds the LHCGR and mimics LH-driven intracellular signaling in gonadal and related cell models.
Research notes
Research-grade material is not an approved medicine. Supplied lyophilized; reconstitutable in the lab with bacteriostatic water, tracked here in IU rather than milligrams.
Lyophilized: 2–8 °C, dark. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw after reconstitution.