For treatment of female infertility
Binds to the luteinizing hormone receptor which then activates adenylate cylcase through G protein mediation. Adenylate cyclase then activates many other pathways leading to steroid hormone production and other follicle maturation processes.
4.4 hours (mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro)
Total body clearance is approximately 2 to 3 L/h with less than 5 percent of the dose being excreted unchanged renally.
* 10 L
* 2 – 3 L/h [healthy female following subcutaneous administration]