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- Cyclopentanols
- Hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis
- Hormones of the ovary
- Hormones of the suprarenal cortex
- Hormones of the testis
- Human hormones
- Sex hormones
Acne
Acne, also known as acne vulgaris, is a long-term skin condition that occurs when dead skin cells and oil from the skin clog hair follicles.
Active metabolite
An active metabolite, or pharmacologically active metabolite is a biologically active metabolite of a xenobiotic substance, such as a drug or environmental chemical.
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Adam's apple
The Adam's apple is the protrusion in the neck formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx, typically visible in men, less frequently in women.
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Adipose tissue
Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes.
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Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist.
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Adrenal gland
The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.
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Aggression
Aggression is a behavior aimed at opposing or attacking something or someone.
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Agnatha
Agnatha is an infraphylum of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both living (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts, anaspids, and ostracoderms) species.
Agonist
An agonist is a chemical that activates a receptor to produce a biological response.
Albumin
Albumin is a family of globular proteins, the most common of which are the serum albumins.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.
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Allomothering
Allomothering, allomaternal infant care/handling, or non-maternal infant care/handling is performed by any group member other than the mother.
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Allosteric modulator
In pharmacology and biochemistry, allosteric modulators are a group of substances that bind to a receptor to change that receptor's response to stimuli.
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American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a Philadelphia-based national organization of internal medicine physicians, who specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of adults.
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Anabolism
Anabolism is the set of metabolic pathways that construct macromolecules like DNA or RNA from smaller units.
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Androgen
An androgen (from Greek andr-, the stem of the word meaning "man") is any natural or synthetic steroid hormone that regulates the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors. Testosterone and androgen are anabolic–androgenic steroids, hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis and sex hormones.
Androgen receptor
The androgen receptor (AR), also known as NR3C4 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 4), is a type of nuclear receptor that is activated by binding any of the androgenic hormones, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, in the cytoplasm and then translocating into the nucleus.
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Androgen replacement therapy
Androgen replacement therapy (ART), often referred to as testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), is a form of hormone therapy in which androgens, often testosterone, are supplemented or replaced.
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Androstane
Androstane is a C19 steroidal hydrocarbon with a gonane core. Testosterone and Androstane are anabolic–androgenic steroids and androstanes.
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Androstenedione
Androstenedione, or 4-androstenedione (abbreviated as A4 or Δ4-dione), also known as androst-4-ene-3,17-dione, is an endogenous weak androgen steroid hormone and intermediate in the biosynthesis of estrone and of testosterone from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Testosterone and Androstenedione are anabolic–androgenic steroids, androstanes and estrogens.
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Androsterone
Androsterone, or 3α-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one, is an endogenous steroid hormone, neurosteroid, and putative pheromone. Testosterone and Androsterone are anabolic–androgenic steroids, androstanes and GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
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Antiandrogen
Antiandrogens, also known as androgen antagonists or testosterone blockers, are a class of drugs that prevent androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) from mediating their biological effects in the body. Testosterone and Antiandrogen are sex hormones.
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Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD), sometimes referred to as dissocial personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterized by a limited capacity for empathy and a long-term pattern of disregard for or violation of the rights of others.
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Antithyroid autoantibodies
Antithyroid autoantibodies (or simply antithyroid antibodies) are autoantibodies targeted against one or more components on the thyroid.
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Anus
In mammals, invertebrates and most fish, the anus (anuses or ani; from Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is the external body orifice at the exit end of the digestive tract (bowel), i.e. the opposite end from the mouth.
Arnold Adolph Berthold
Arnold Adolph Berthold (also Arnold Adolf Berthold) (26 February 1803, in Soest – 3 January 1861, in Göttingen) was a German scientist, most notably a physiologist and zoologist.
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Aromatase
Aromatase, also called estrogen synthetase or estrogen synthase, is an enzyme responsible for a key step in the biosynthesis of estrogens.
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Aromatization
Aromatization is a chemical reaction in which an aromatic system is formed from a single nonaromatic precursor.
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Athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance.
Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Beard
A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals.
Bile
Bile (from Latin bilis), or gall, is a yellow-green fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine.
Bioconjugation
Bioconjugation is a chemical strategy to form a stable covalent link between two molecules, at least one of which is a biomolecule.
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Biological activity
In pharmacology, biological activity or pharmacological activity describes the beneficial or adverse effects of a drug on living matter.
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Biomarker
In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition.
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Biosynthesis
Biosynthesis, i.e., chemical synthesis occuring in biological contexts, is a term most often referring to multi-step, enzyme-catalyzed processes where chemical substances absorbed as nutrients (or previously converted through biosynthesis) serve as enzyme substrates, with conversion by the living organism either into simpler or more complex products.
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Biotransformation
Biotransformation is the biochemical modification of one chemical compound or a mixture of chemical compounds.
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Birth defect
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause.
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Blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.
Blood plasma
Blood plasma is a light amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but which contains proteins and other constituents of whole blood in suspension.
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Blood–brain barrier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable border of endothelial cells that regulates the transfer of solutes and chemicals between the circulatory system and the central nervous system, thus protecting the brain from harmful or unwanted substances in the blood.
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Body hair
Body hair or androgenic hair is terminal hair that develops on the human body during and after puberty.
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Body mass index
Body mass index (BMI) is a value derived from the mass (weight) and height of a person.
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Body odor
Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies).
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Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.
Bone age
Bone age is the degree of a person's skeletal development.
Bone density
Bone density, or bone mineral density, is the amount of bone mineral in bone tissue.
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Brain
The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.
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Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding, variously known as chestfeeding or nursing, is the process where breast milk is fed to a child.
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Buccal administration
Buccal administration is a topical route of administration by which drugs held or applied in the buccal area (in the cheek) diffuse through the oral mucosa (tissues which line the mouth) and enter directly into the bloodstream.
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C-reactive protein
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an annular (ring-shaped) pentameric protein found in blood plasma, whose circulating concentrations rise in response to inflammation.
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Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.
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Cell (biology)
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life.
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Cell nucleus
The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
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Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
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Challenge hypothesis
The challenge hypothesis outlines the dynamic relationship between testosterone and aggression in mating contexts.
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Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard FRS (8 April 1817 – 2 April 1894) was a Mauritian physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome.
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Chemical synthesis
Chemical synthesis (chemical combination) is the artificial execution of chemical reactions to obtain one or several products.
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Chest hair
Chest hair is hair that grows on the chest in the region between the neck and the abdomen.
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Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
Chita (Чита) is a city and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway route, roughly east of Irkutsk.
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Cholesterol
Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Testosterone and Cholesterol are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
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Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme
Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme is commonly referred to as P450scc, where "scc" is an acronym for side-chain cleavage.
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Chromosome
A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
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Circadian rhythm
A circadian rhythm, or circadian cycle, is a natural oscillation that repeats roughly every 24 hours.
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Clitoris
In amniotes, the clitoris (or;: clitorises or clitorides) is a female sex organ.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by impaired cortisol synthesis.
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Cortisol
Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone.
Courtship display
A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate; the mate exercises choice, so sexual selection acts on the display.
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CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
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Cream (pharmacy)
A cream is a preparation usually for application to the skin.
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CYP17A1
Cytochrome P450 17A1 (steroid 17α-monooxygenase, 17α-hydroxylase, 17-alpha-hydroxylase, 17,20-lyase, 17,20-desmolase) is an enzyme of the hydroxylase type that in humans is encoded by the CYP17A1 gene on chromosome 10.
CYP2C19
Cytochrome P450 2C19 (abbreviated CYP2C19) is an enzyme protein.
CYP2C9
Cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily C member 9 (abbreviated CYP2C9) is an enzyme protein.
CYP2D6
Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CYP2D6 gene.
CYP3A4
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (abbreviated CYP3A4) is an important enzyme in the body, mainly found in the liver and in the intestine, which in humans is encoded by CYP3A4 gene.
CYP3A5
Cytochrome P450 3A5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP3A5 gene.
Cytochrome P450
Cytochromes P450 (P450s or CYPs) are a superfamily of enzymes containing heme as a cofactor that mostly, but not exclusively, function as monooxygenases.
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Cytoplasm
In cell biology, the cytoplasm describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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Death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, abbreviated as DHEA sulfate or DHEA-S, also known as androstenolone sulfate, is an endogenous androstane steroid that is produced by the adrenal cortex. Testosterone and Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate are anabolic–androgenic steroids and androstanes.
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Dementia
Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities.
Developmental biology
Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop.
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Digit ratio
The digit ratio is the ratio taken of the lengths of different digits or fingers on a hand.
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Dihydrotestosterone
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT, 5α-dihydrotestosterone, 5α-DHT, androstanolone or stanolone) is an endogenous androgen sex steroid and hormone primarily involved in the growth and repair of the prostate and the penis, as well as the production of sebum and body hair composition. Testosterone and Dihydrotestosterone are anabolic–androgenic steroids, androstanes, Cyclopentanols, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis, hormones of the testis, human hormones and sex hormones.
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Dominance hierarchy
In the zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system.
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Ecdysone
Ecdysone is a prohormone of the major insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone, secreted from the prothoracic glands.
Edema
Edema (AmE), also spelled oedema (BrE), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue.
Endoplasmic reticulum
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.
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Endurance training
Endurance training is the act of exercising to increase endurance.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Epiandrosterone
Epiandrosterone, or isoandrosterone, also known as 3β-androsterone, 3β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one, or 5α-androstan-3β-ol-17-one, is a steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity. Testosterone and Epiandrosterone are anabolic–androgenic steroids and androstanes.
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Epididymis
The epididymis (epididymides or) is an elongated tubular structure attached to the posterior side of each one of the two male reproductive glands, the testicles.
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Epietiocholanolone
Epietiocholanolone, also known as 3β-hydroxy-5β-androstan-17-one or as etiocholan-3β-ol-17-one, is an etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid as well as an inactive metabolite of testosterone that is formed in the liver.
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Epiphysis
An epiphysis (epiphyses) is one of the rounded ends or tips of a long bone that ossify from a secondary center of ossification.
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Erection
An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firm, engorged, and enlarged.
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
Estradiol
Estradiol (E2), also spelled oestradiol, is an estrogen steroid hormone and the major female sex hormone. Testosterone and Estradiol are estrogens, hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis and sex hormones.
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Estrogen receptor
Estrogen receptors (ERs) are a group of proteins found inside cells.
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Etiocholanolone
Etiocholanolone, also known as 5β-androsterone, as well as 3α-hydroxy-5β-androstan-17-one or etiocholan-3α-ol-17-one, is an etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid as well as an endogenous 17-ketosteroid that is produced from the metabolism of testosterone. Testosterone and Etiocholanolone are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
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Eurasian Steppe
The Eurasian Steppe, also called the Great Steppe or The Steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biome.
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Evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory
The evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory is a conceptual framework which seeks to explain trends in violent and criminal behavior from an evolutionary and biological perspective.
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Excretion
Excretion is elimination of metabolic waste, which is an essential process in all organisms.
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Facial hair
Facial hair is hair grown on the face, usually on the chin, cheeks, and upper lip region.
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Falling in love
Falling in love is the development of strong feelings of attachment and love, usually towards another person.
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Feces
Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
Feedback
Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop.
Female
An organism's sex is female (symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction.
Female sexual arousal disorder
Female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) is a disorder characterized by a persistent or recurrent inability to attain sexual arousal or to maintain arousal until the completion of a sexual activity.
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Fertility
Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.
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First pass effect
The first pass effect (also known as first-pass metabolism or presystemic metabolism) is a phenomenon of drug metabolism at a specific location in the body which leads to a reduction in the concentration of the active drug before it reaches the site of action or systemic circulation.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. Testosterone and Follicle-stimulating hormone are hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis, human hormones and sex hormones.
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Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Functional group
In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.
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GABAA receptor
The GABAA receptor (GABAAR) is an ionotropic receptor and ligand-gated ion channel.
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Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Gdańsk University of Technology
The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech, formerly GUT; Politechnika Gdańska) is a university of technology in the Wrzeszcz borough of Gdańsk, and one of the oldest universities in Poland.
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Gel
A gel is a semi-solid that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough.
Gender dysphoria
Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their gender identitytheir personal sense of their own genderand their sex assigned at birth.
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Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
Generic drug
A generic drug (or simply generic) is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents.
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Glucuronidation
Glucuronidation is often involved in drug metabolism of substances such as drugs, pollutants, bilirubin, androgens, estrogens, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, fatty acid derivatives, retinoids, and bile acids.
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Glucuronosyltransferase
Uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UGT) is a microsomal glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of the glucuronic acid component of UDP-glucuronic acid to a small hydrophobic molecule.
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Gnathostomata
Gnathostomata (from Ancient Greek: γνάθος 'jaw' + στόμα 'mouth') are the jawed vertebrates.
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is a releasing hormone responsible for the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary. Testosterone and Gonadotropin-releasing hormone are hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis and sex hormones.
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Growth hormone
Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals.
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Gynecomastia
Gynecomastia (also spelled gynaecomastia) is the abnormal non-cancerous enlargement of one or both breasts in males due to the growth of breast tissue as a result of a hormone imbalance between estrogens and androgens.
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Hair follicle
The hair follicle is an organ found in mammalian skin.
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and Hashimoto's disease, is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is gradually destroyed.
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Health system
A health system, health care system or healthcare system is an organization of people, institutions, and resources that delivers health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.
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Heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.
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Hepatotoxicity
Hepatotoxicity (from hepatic toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage.
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Hormone
A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.
Hormone replacement therapy
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy or postmenopausal hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy used to treat symptoms associated with female menopause.
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Human height
Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.
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Human penis
In human anatomy, the penis (penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail") is an external male sex organ (intromittent organ) that serves as a passage for excretion of urine and ejaculation of semen.
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Human serum albumin
Human serum albumin is the serum albumin found in human blood.
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Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling.
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Hydroxy group
In chemistry, a hydroxy or hydroxyl group is a functional group with the chemical formula and composed of one oxygen atom covalently bonded to one hydrogen atom.
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Hydroxylation
In chemistry, hydroxylation can refer to.
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Hyperandrogenism
Hyperandrogenism is a medical condition characterized by high levels of androgens. Testosterone and Hyperandrogenism are anabolic–androgenic steroids.
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Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), hyposexuality or inhibited sexual desire (ISD) is sometimes considered a sexual dysfunction, and is characterized as a lack or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity, as judged by a clinician.
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Hypogonadism
Hypogonadism means diminished functional activity of the gonads—the testicles or the ovaries—that may result in diminished production of sex hormones.
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Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis
The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis or HTPA axis) is a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among three components: the hypothalamus (a part of the brain located below the thalamus), the pituitary gland (a pea-shaped structure located below the hypothalamus), and the adrenal (also called "suprarenal") glands (small, conical organs on top of the kidneys). Testosterone and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis are Neuroendocrinology.
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Hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis
The hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis (HPG axis, also known as the hypothalamic–pituitary–ovarian/testicular axis) refers to the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonadal glands as if these individual endocrine glands were a single entity. Testosterone and hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis are Neuroendocrinology.
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Hypothalamus
The hypothalamus (hypothalami) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nuclei with a variety of functions. Testosterone and hypothalamus are Neuroendocrinology.
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Inflammation
Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.
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Interleukin 1 beta
Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) also known as leukocytic pyrogen, leukocytic endogenous mediator, mononuclear cell factor, lymphocyte activating factor and other names, is a cytokine protein that in humans is encoded by the IL1B gene.
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Interleukin 6
Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is an interleukin that acts as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an anti-inflammatory myokine.
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International unit
In pharmacology, the international unit (IU) is a unit of measurement for the effect or biological activity of a substance, for the purpose of easier comparison across similar forms of substances.
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Intramuscular injection
Intramuscular injection, often abbreviated IM, is the injection of a substance into a muscle.
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Jaw
The jaws are a pair of opposable articulated structures at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.
Ketone
In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure, where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents.
Ketosteroid
Androstenedione Androsterone Estrone A ketosteroid, or an oxosteroid, is a steroid in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a ketone (C.
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges.
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Lamprey
Lampreys (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of jawless fish comprising the order Petromyzontiformes.
Late-onset hypogonadism
Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) or testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) is a term for a condition in older men characterized by measurably low testosterone levels and clinical symptoms mostly of a sexual nature, including decreased desire for mating, fewer spontaneous erections, and erectile dysfunction.
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Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Leg hair
Leg hair is hair that grows on the legs of humans, generally appearing after the onset of puberty.
Leopold Ružička
Leopold Ružička (born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.
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Leydig cell
Leydig cells, also known as interstitial cells of the testes and interstitial cells of Leydig, are found adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in the testicle and produce testosterone in the presence of luteinizing hormone (LH).
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Libido
In psychology, libido (from the Latin, 'desire') is psychic drive or energy, usually conceived as sexual in nature, but sometimes conceived as including other forms of desire. Testosterone and libido are estrogens.
Life extension
Life extension is the concept of extending the human lifespan, either modestly through improvements in medicine or dramatically by increasing the maximum lifespan beyond its generally-settled biological limit of around 125 years.
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Ligand (biochemistry)
In biochemistry and pharmacology, a ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
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Lipid
Lipids are a broad group of organic compounds which include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, and others.
Lipophilicity
Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly") is the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene.
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Lipopolysaccharide
Lipopolysaccharide, now more commonly known as Endotoxin, is a collective term for components of the outermost membrane of cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella.
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Liquorice
Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted. The liquorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to West Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe.
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List of androgen esters
This is a list of androgen esters, including esters (as well as ethers) of natural androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and synthetic anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS) like nandrolone (19-nortestosterone). Testosterone and list of androgen esters are anabolic–androgenic steroids.
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List of androgens and anabolic steroids
This is a list of androgens/anabolic steroids (AAS) or testosterone derivatives. Testosterone and list of androgens and anabolic steroids are anabolic–androgenic steroids.
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List of human hormones
The following is a list of hormones found in Homo sapiens. Testosterone and list of human hormones are human hormones.
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Live Science
Live Science is a science news website.
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Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.
Low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor
The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) was first identified in 1973 as the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (LNGFR) before discovery that p75NTR bound other neurotrophins equally well as nerve growth factor.
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Low-fat diet
A low-fat diet is one that restricts fat, and often saturated fat and cholesterol as well.
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Luteinizing hormone
Luteinizing hormone (LH, also known as luteinising hormone, lutropin and sometimes lutrophin) is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland. Testosterone and Luteinizing hormone are hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis, human hormones and sex hormones.
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Male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation.
Male reproductive system
The male reproductive system consists of a number of sex organs that play a role in the process of human reproduction.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Masturbation
Masturbation is a form of autoeroticism in which a person sexually stimulates their own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm.
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Medication
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
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Megakaryocyte
A megakaryocyte (mega- + karyo- + -cyte, "large-nucleus cell") is a large bone marrow cell with a lobated nucleus that produces blood platelets (thrombocytes), which are necessary for normal clotting.
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Membrane androgen receptor
Membrane androgen receptors (mARs) are a group of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which bind and are activated by testosterone and/or other androgens.
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Menstrual cycle
The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible.
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Meta-analysis
Meta-analysis is the statistical combination of the results of multiple studies addressing a similar research question.
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Metabolic pathway
In biochemistry, a metabolic pathway is a linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.
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Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a clustering of at least three of the following five medical conditions: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high serum triglycerides, and low serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL).
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Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
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Metabolite
In biochemistry, a metabolite is an intermediate or end product of metabolism.
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Methods in Molecular Biology
Methods in Molecular Biology is a book series published by Humana Press (an imprint of Springer Science+Business Media) that covers molecular biology research methods and protocols.
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Mitochondrion
A mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi.
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Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Mortality rate
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
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Moustache
A moustache (mustache) is a growth of facial hair grown above the upper lip and under the nose.
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Muscle
Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.
Nasal administration
Nasal administration, popularly known as snorting, is a route of administration in which drugs are insufflated through the nose.
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Navel
The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus;: umbilici or umbilicuses; commonly known as the belly button or tummy button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord.
Nerve growth factor
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neurotrophic factor and neuropeptide primarily involved in the regulation of growth, maintenance, proliferation, and survival of certain target neurons.
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Neuroscience of sex differences
The neuroscience of sex differences is the study of characteristics that separate brains of different sexes.
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Neurotrophin
Neurotrophins are a family of proteins that induce the survival, development, and function of neurons.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
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Novartis
Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland.
Nucleotide
Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.
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Off-label use
Off-label use is the use of pharmaceutical drugs for an unapproved indication or in an unapproved age group, dosage, or route of administration.
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Old World sparrow
Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae.
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Oral administration
| name.
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Oral contraceptive pill
Oral contraceptives, abbreviated OCPs, also known as birth control pills, are medications taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control.
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Organon & Co.
Organon & Co. is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to more porous bone, and consequent increase in fracture risk.
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Ovary
The ovary is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova.
Pattern hair loss
Pattern hair loss (also known as androgenetic alopecia (AGA)) is a hair loss condition that primarily affects the top and front of the scalp.
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Performance-enhancing substance
Performance-enhancing substances, also known as performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), are substances that are used to improve any form of activity performance in humans.
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Phallus
A phallus (phalli or phalluses) is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis.
Pituitary gland
The pituitary gland or hypophysis is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. Testosterone and pituitary gland are Neuroendocrinology.
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Placenta
The placenta (placentas or placentae) is a temporary embryonic and later fetal organ that begins developing from the blastocyst shortly after implantation.
Plasma protein
Plasma proteins, sometimes referred to as blood proteins, are proteins present in blood plasma.
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Plasma protein binding
Plasma protein binding refers to the degree to which medications attach to blood proteins within the blood plasma.
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Platelet
Platelets or thrombocytes are a blood component whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age.
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Postpartum period
The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks.
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).
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Pregnenolone
Pregnenolone (P5), or pregn-5-en-3β-ol-20-one, is an endogenous steroid and precursor/metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of most of the steroid hormones, including the progestogens, androgens, estrogens, glucocorticoids, and mineralocorticoids.
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Prostate
The prostate is both an accessory gland of the male reproductive system and a muscle-driven mechanical switch between urination and ejaculation.
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Protein biosynthesis
Protein biosynthesis (or protein synthesis) is a core biological process, occurring inside cells, balancing the loss of cellular proteins (via degradation or export) through the production of new proteins.
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Pubarche
Pubarche refers to the first appearance of pubic hair at puberty and it also marks the beginning of puberty.
Puberty
Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction.
Pubic hair
Pubic hair (or pubes) is terminal body hair that is found in the genital area of adolescent and adult humans.
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Rapid eye movement sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep or REMS) is a unique phase of sleep in mammals (including humans) and birds, characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
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Receptor (biochemistry)
In biochemistry and pharmacology, receptors are chemical structures, composed of protein, that receive and transduce signals that may be integrated into biological systems.
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Receptor antagonist
A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist.
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Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
Reference range
In medicine and health-related fields, a reference range or reference interval is the range or the interval of values that is deemed normal for a physiological measurement in healthy persons (for example, the amount of creatinine in the blood, or the partial pressure of oxygen).
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Reference ranges for blood tests
Reference ranges (reference intervals) for blood tests are sets of values used by a health professional to interpret a set of medical test results from blood samples.
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Response element
Response elements are short sequences of DNA within a gene promoter or enhancer region that are able to bind specific transcription factors and regulate transcription of genes.
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Reversible reaction
A reversible reaction is a reaction in which the conversion of reactants to products and the conversion of products to reactants occur simultaneously.
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Rugae
In anatomy, rugae (ruga) are a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ.
Schering AG
Schering AG was a research-centered German multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Wedding, Berlin, which operated as an independent company from 1851 to 2006.
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Scrotum
In most terrestrial mammals, the scrotum (scrotums or scrota; possibly from Latin scortum, meaning "hide" or "skin") or scrotal sac is a part of the external male genitalia located at the base of the penis.
Sebaceous gland
A sebaceous gland or oil gland is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum, which lubricates the hair and skin of mammals.
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Secondary sex characteristic
A secondary sex characteristic is a physical characteristic of an organism that is related to or derived from its sex, but not directly part of its reproductive system.
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Seminal vesicles
The seminal vesicles (also called vesicular glands or seminal glands) are a pair of convoluted tubular accessory glands that lie behind the urinary bladder of male mammals.
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Sertoli cell
Sertoli cells are a type of sustentacular "nurse" cell found in human testes which contribute to the process of spermatogenesis (the production of sperm) as a structural component of the seminiferous tubules.
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Sex
Sex is the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes.
Sex hormone
Sex hormones, also known as sex steroids, gonadocorticoids and gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate steroid hormone receptors. Testosterone and sex hormone are hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis and sex hormones.
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Sex hormone-binding globulin
Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) or sex steroid-binding globulin (SSBG) is a glycoprotein that binds to androgens and estrogens.
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Sex organ
A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction.
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Sexual differentiation
Sexual differentiation is the process of development of the sex differences between males and females from an undifferentiated zygote.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
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Sexual dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction is difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity, including physical pleasure, desire, preference, arousal, or orgasm.
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Side effect
In medicine, a side effect is an effect, whether therapeutic or adverse, that is unintended; although the term is predominantly employed to describe adverse effects, it can also apply to beneficial, but unintended, consequences of the use of a drug.
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Sideburns
Sideburns, sideboards, or side whiskers are facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears.
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Sigma-1 receptor
The sigma-1 receptor (σ1R), one of two sigma receptor subtypes, is a chaperone protein at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that modulates calcium signaling through the IP3 receptor.
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Skeletal muscle
Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
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Skin
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
Spearmint
Spearmint, scientific name Mentha spicata, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east.
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Sperm
Sperm (sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one).
Sperm competition
Sperm competition is the competitive process between spermatozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg during sexual reproduction.
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Spermatogenesis
Spermatogenesis is the process by which haploid spermatozoa develop from germ cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testicle.
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Spermatogonium
A spermatogonium (spermatogonia) is an undifferentiated male germ cell.
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Steroid
A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
Sterol
Sterol is an organic compound with formula, whose molecule is derived from that of gonane by replacement of a hydrogen atom on C3 position by a hydroxyl group.
Strength training
Strength training, also known as weight training or resistance training, involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance.
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Subdermal implant
A subdermal implant is a body modification placed under the skin, allowing the body to heal over the implant and creating a raised design.
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Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.
Sulfation
Sulfation is the chemical reaction that entails the addition of SO3 group.
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Sulfotransferase
In biochemistry, sulfotransferases (SULTs) are transferase enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a sulfo group from a donor molecule to an acceptor alcohol or amine.
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Testicle
A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.
Testosterone (medication)
Testosterone (T) is a medication and naturally occurring steroid hormone. Testosterone and Testosterone (medication) are anabolic–androgenic steroids, androstanes, Cyclopentanols, Enones, estrogens and GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
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Testosterone (patch)
The testosterone patch, brand name Intrinsa among others, was designed to treat female sexual dysfunction. Testosterone and testosterone (patch) are anabolic–androgenic steroids.
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Testosterone and the cardiovascular system
Testosterone and the cardiovascular system are the effects that the male hormone testosterone has on the cardiovascular system.
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Testosterone glucuronide
Testosterone glucuronide is an endogenous, naturally occurring steroid and minor urinary metabolite of testosterone.
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Testosterone sulfate
Testosterone sulfate is an endogenous, naturally occurring steroid and minor urinary metabolite of testosterone. Testosterone and testosterone sulfate are androstanes.
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Testosterone undecanoate
Testosterone undecanoate, sold under the brand name Nebido among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication that is used mainly in the treatment of low testosterone levels in men, It is taken by mouth or given by injection into muscle. Testosterone and testosterone undecanoate are anabolic–androgenic steroids and androstanes.
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The Lancet
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind.
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Theca of follicle
The theca folliculi comprise a layer of the ovarian follicles.
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Thromboxane A2
Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) is a type of thromboxane that is produced by activated platelets during hemostasis and has prothrombotic properties: it stimulates activation of new platelets as well as increases platelet aggregation.
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Thyroid's secretory capacity
Thyroid's secretory capacity (GT, also referred to as thyroid's incretory capacity, maximum thyroid hormone output, T4 output or, if calculated from serum levels of thyrotropin and thyroxine, as SPINA-GT) is the maximum stimulated amount of thyroxine that the thyroid can produce in a given time-unit (e.g.
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Tissue (biology)
In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function.
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Transdermal
Transdermal is a route of administration wherein active ingredients are delivered across the skin for systemic distribution.
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Transdermal patch
A transdermal patch is a medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a specific dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream.
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Tropomyosin receptor kinase A
Tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA), also known as high affinity nerve growth factor receptor, neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 1, or TRK1-transforming tyrosine kinase protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NTRK1 gene.
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Tumor necrosis factor
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, cachexin, or cachectin; formerly known as tumor necrosis factor alpha, TNFα or TNF-α) is a cytokine and member of the TNF superfamily, which consists of various transmembrane proteins with a homologous TNF domain.
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Underarm hair
Underarm hair, also known as axillary hair or armpit hair, is the hair in the underarm area (axilla).
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Urethra
The urethra (urethras or urethrae) is the tube that connects the mammalian urinary bladder to the urinary meatus.
Urine
Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many other animals.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
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Vasopressin
Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP. Testosterone and vasopressin are Neuroendocrinology.
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Vertebrate
Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
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Virilization
Virilization or masculinization is the biological development of adult male characteristics in young males or females.
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Vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) or hypovitaminosis A is a lack of vitamin A in blood and tissues.
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and for many other biological effects.
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Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
White blood cell
White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system.
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Word stem
In linguistics, a word stem is a part of a word responsible for its lexical meaning.
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World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports.
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Yakuts
The Yakuts or Sakha (саха,; сахалар) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Evenk Districts of the Krasnoyarsk region.
Zinc deficiency
Zinc deficiency is defined either as insufficient zinc to meet the needs of the body, or as a serum zinc level below the normal range.
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11-Ketotestosterone
11-Ketotestosterone (11-KT) is an oxidized form of testosterone that contains a keto group at the C11 position. Testosterone and 11-Ketotestosterone are anabolic–androgenic steroids, androstanes, hormones of the suprarenal cortex and sex hormones.
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17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (17β-HSD, HSD17B), also 17-ketosteroid reductases (17-KSR), are a group of alcohol oxidoreductases which catalyze the reduction of 17-ketosteroids and the dehydrogenation of 17β-hydroxysteroids in steroidogenesis and steroid metabolism.
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3α-Androstanediol
3α-Androstanediol also known as 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol and sometimes shortened in the literature to 3α-diol, is an endogenous steroid hormone and neurosteroid and a metabolite of androgens like dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Testosterone and 3α-Androstanediol are anabolic–androgenic steroids, androstanes, estrogens and GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
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3α-Etiocholanediol
3α-Etiocholanediol, or simply etiocholanediol, also known as 3α,5β-androstanediol or as etiocholane-3α,17β-diol, is a naturally occurring etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid and an endogenous metabolite of testosterone.
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3α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
3α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3α-HSD) is an enzyme (1.1.1.50) that plays a role in the metabolism of steroids and non-steroidal compounds in humans and other species, such as bacteria, fungi, plants, and so on.
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3β-Androstanediol
3β-Androstanediol, also known as 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol, and sometimes shortened in the literature to 3β-diol, is an endogenous steroid hormone and a metabolite of androgens like dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Testosterone and 3β-Androstanediol are androstanes and estrogens.
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3β-Etiocholanediol
3β-Etiocholanediol, or epietiocholanediol, also known as 3β,5β-androstanediol or as etiocholane-3β,17β-diol, is a naturally occurring etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid and an endogenous metabolite of testosterone.
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3β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
3β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-4 isomerase (3β-HSD) is an enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of the steroid progesterone from pregnenolone, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone from 17α-hydroxypregnenolone, and androstenedione from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in the adrenal gland.
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5α-Reductase
5α-Reductases, also known as 3-oxo-5α-steroid 4-dehydrogenases, are enzymes involved in steroid metabolism.
See Testosterone and 5α-Reductase
5β-Dihydrotestosterone
5β-Dihydrotestosterone (5β-DHT), also known as 5β-androstan-17β-ol-3-one or as etiocholan-17β-ol-3-one, is an etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid as well as an inactive metabolite of testosterone formed by 5β-reductase in the liver and bone marrow and an intermediate in the formation of 3α,5β-androstanediol and 3β,5β-androstanediol (by 3α- and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase) and, from them, respectively, etiocholanolone and epietiocholanolone (by 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase).
See Testosterone and 5β-Dihydrotestosterone
5β-Reductase
5β-Reductase, or Δ4-3-oxosteroid 5β-reductase (3-oxo-Δ4-steroid 5β-reductase, androstenedione 5β-reductase, cholestenone 5β-reductase, cortisone 5β-reductase, cortisone Δ4-5β-reductase, steroid 5β-reductase, testosterone 5β-reductase, Δ4-3-ketosteroid 5β-reductase, Δ4-5β-reductase, Δ4-hydrogenase, 4,5β-dihydrocortisone:NADP+ Δ4-oxidoreductase, 3-oxo-5β-steroid:NADP+ Δ4-oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name 5β-cholestan-3-one:NADP+ 4,5-oxidoreductase.
See Testosterone and 5β-Reductase
See also
Cyclopentanols
- 1,2,3,4,5-Cyclopentanepentol
- 11β-Hydroxydihydrotestosterone
- 15β-Hydroxycyproterone acetate
- 2-Hydroxyestriol
- 4-Hydroxyestradiol
- 4-Hydroxyestriol
- 5α-Dihydronandrolone
- Bolandiol
- Cannabimovone
- Cyclopentanol
- Dacuronium bromide
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Dimethandrolone
- Drostanolone
- Epitiostanol
- Estrogen
- LY305
- Nandrolone
- Ouabain
- SCHEMBL19952957
- Testosterone
- Testosterone (medication)
Hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis
- 15α-Hydroxyestradiol
- 17α-Epiestriol
- 17α-Estradiol
- Androgen
- Dehydroandrosterone
- Dehydroepiandrosterone
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Epiestriol
- Equine chorionic gonadotropin
- Estetrol
- Estradiol
- Estriol
- Estriol 3-glucuronide
- Estriol glucuronide
- Estrogen
- Estrone
- Follicle-stimulating hormone
- Gonadotropin
- Gonadotropin preparations
- Gonadotropin release inhibitor
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
- Human chorionic gonadotropin
- Luteinizing hormone
- Neuropeptide VF precursor
- Progesterone
- Progestogen
- Sex hormone
- Sex hormones
- Testosterone
Hormones of the ovary
- Activin and inhibin
- Estrogen
- Gonadotropin surge-attenuating factor
- Progesterone
- Relaxin
- Relaxin family peptide hormones
- Testosterone
- Uterine serpin
Hormones of the suprarenal cortex
- 11β-Hydroxyandrostenedione
- 11-Ketoandrosterone
- 11-Ketodihydrotestosterone
- 11-Ketotestosterone
- Adrenosterone
- Glucocorticoids
- Mineralocorticoids
- Progesterone
- Testosterone
Hormones of the testis
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Estrogen
- Testosterone
Human hormones
- 3'-Monoiodothyronine
- 3,3'-Diiodothyronine
- 3,5-Diiodothyronine
- Alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- Beta-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- Calcitonin
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Erythroferrone
- Estrogen
- FGF19
- Follicle-stimulating hormone
- Gamma-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- Glucagon
- Growth hormone–releasing hormone
- Insulin
- Limostatin
- List of human hormones
- Luteinizing hormone
- Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- Progastrin
- Progesterone
- Prolactin
- Prolactin-releasing hormone
- Testosterone
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone
- Triiodothyronine
Sex hormones
- 11β-Hydroxyandrostenedione
- 11-Ketodihydrotestosterone
- 11-Ketotestosterone
- 17α-Epiestriol
- 17α-Estradiol
- Adrenosterone
- Androgen
- Antiandrogen
- Antiandrogens
- Antiestrogens
- Antiprogestogens
- Dehydroandrosterone
- Dehydroepiandrosterone
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Epiestriol
- Estetrol
- Estradiol
- Estriol
- Estriol 3-glucuronide
- Estriol glucuronide
- Estrogen
- Estrogen dominance
- Estrogens
- Estrone
- Follicle-stimulating hormone
- Gonadotropin
- Gonadotropin release inhibitor
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
- Hormonal contraception
- Human chorionic gonadotropin
- Luteinizing hormone
- Neuropeptide VF precursor
- Nonsteroidal antiandrogen
- Nonsteroidal estrogen
- Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation
- Prenatal testosterone transfer
- Progesterone
- Progestogen
- Progestogens
- Sex hormone
- Sex-hormonal agent
- Steroidal antiandrogen
- Testosterone
- YES and YAS assay
References
Also known as 17-Hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one, 17β-Hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one, 4-Testosterone, Androst-4-en-17-ol-3-one, Androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one, Beta Testosterone, Bioavailable testosterone, Biosynthesis of testosterone, Crime and testosterone, Criminality and testosterone, Free testosterone, Male testosterone, Testerone, Testosretone, Testosterone (hormone), Testosterone and crime, Testosterone congeners, Testostrone, Total testosterone, Δ4-Testosterone.
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