Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, abbreviated as hCG, is not an anabolic/androgenic steroid but a natural protein hormone that is produced in the placenta (womb) of a pregnant woman. It has luteinizing qualities in the anterior lobe of the pituitary luteinizing hormone. In the first 6 – 8 weeks of pregnancy the formed HCG makes it possible to further the production of estrogen and progestogen in the body. In result, production of these two hormones in the placenta begins. HCG is extracted from the urine of pregnant women, because it is supplied from the blood to the kidneys and excreted in the ...
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