Description
Deslorelinisagonadotropin-releasinghormone(GnRH)agoNISTthatisusedtocontrolfertilityandtreatbenignprostatichyperplasia(BPH)inveterinarymedicine.DeslorelindecreasesexpressionofGnRHreceptorsandlevelsoftestosterone,decreasingthevolumeofthetestesandprostateinmanymaleanimalmodels.Inmaleanimals,deslorelinisusedtoinstillsterility.Infemaleanimals,thispeptideisusedtoinduceestrous.
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