Class 11 NEET Biology Chemical Coordination and Integration

(d) : Luteinsing Hormone (LH) in the male, induces the interstitial cells of the testes to produce male sex hormones named androgens such as testosterone. In the female, the luteinising hormone causes ovulation, secretion of fernale sex hormone, estrogen from the maturing ovarian follicle, and progesterone by the corpus luteum.