10731 IUPAC Gold Book - follicle-stimulating hormone releasing hormone 10.1351/goldbook.10731 10731 current initialism: FSH-RH synonym: gonadoliberin 1 Hormone, released by the hypothalamus, inducing the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone by the pituitary gland. Hormone https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10810 follicle-stimulating hormone https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10730 hypothalamus https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10833 luteinizing hormone https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10903 pituitary gland https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11094 PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 756 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10731/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10731/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10731/plain Citation: 'follicle-stimulating hormone releasing hormone' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10731 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-13T22:10:40+00:00