sex hormone

NOUN
  1. any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
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  • Finally, the adrenal cortex produces the male sex hormone testosterone.
  • Recently, monosaccharide-induced hepatic lipogenesis, but not insulin, was shown to suppress hepatic production of sex hormone-binding globulin in animals. 2 Because this pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of fatty liver, a major risk factor in type 2 diabetes, Medlogs - Recent stories
  • The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones.
  • If signs and symptoms of glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, adrenal sex hormone, or catecholamine excess are present, surgery is usually indicated.
  • The researchers were surprised to find significant estrogenic activity in 12 of the brands, with activity the equivalent of as much as 7.5 ng/L of 17 beta-estradiol, the naturally occurring sex hormone. Estrogens Found in Bottled Water
  • The study found that the biological structure in the brains of male to female transsexual people had a totally female pattern that was not attributable to sex hormone therapy.
  • Objective To investigate the correlation between testicular volume and sex hormone and the pathogenesis of male sterility in Klinefelter syndrome.
  • This means that it interferes with some of the actions of androgens (male sex hormones) within the body.
  • Butenandt was recognized "for his work on sex hormones", having isolated estrone, progesterone and androsterone. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry
  • In addition, the pituitary secretes hormones that signal the ovaries and testes to make sex hormones.
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