Purification process of humanPurification process of human urinary gonadotropins
of high biological activity and chemical purity absolutely free of foreign contaminating
materials derived from the use of biological reagents or chromatography dyes, from
crude of gonadotropins. The high biological activity and chemically pure composition
of human gonadotropins obtained by this process, are used for the treatment of
infertility and are selected from the group of follitropin or menotropins, having
a bioactivity greater than 2500 IU/mg protein as tested by biological assay in
rats, for both FSH and LH hormones for menotropins and greater than 5000 IU/mg
protein for follitropin having an FSH:LH ratio about 75:1. Pharmaceutical preparations
of said gonadotropins free of these contaminating materials are also comprised
within the present invention.