Alkor Bio, Ltd.

Prolactin is a single-chain protein hormone with a molecular weight of about 23 000 Da. It is synthesized in the frontal lobe of pituitary gland. The determination of prolactin is a valuable tool in diagnostics of testicular and ovarian dysfunctions. Hyperprolactinemia in women may lead to galactorrhea, amenorrhea and other distortions in menstrual cycle. In men it may result in impotence or loss of libido. Measurement of circulating prolactin is used as a primary test for barrenness. 

Pathological hyperprolactinemia takes place in the case of hypothyroidism, renal insufficiency and in patients with a pituitary gland tumor - prolactinoma. Physiological increase of prolactin level takes place during the gestation, lactation, in sleep and after physical and emotional stress. EIA-Prolactin kit is intended for the quantitative determination of prolactin in human serum.