Search results for "Sex steroid" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A steroid is any of a group of natural or synthetic, fat-soluble, ... Steroids include such varieties as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 20:04, 9 February 2023
- Progesterone is a steroid hormone in mammals that is involved in the ... Progesterone belongs to a class of sex hormones called progestogens ...17 KB (2,310 words) - 08:47, 28 June 2022
- Testosterone is a steroid hormone that acts in vertebrates to regulate ... Steroid hormones such as testosterone (and estradiol on the female ...21 KB (3,056 words) - 15:00, 30 April 2023
- Estrogens (also oestrogens) are a group of steroid (type of lipid) compounds that function as the primary female sex hormone. Estrogens are named ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 00:20, 19 March 2022
- gonadal steroids and glucocorticoids (the steroid hormones of the adrenal ... the "critical period" of sex-steroid influence), the hypothalamus ...21 KB (2,814 words) - 13:22, 4 February 2023
- is used interchangeably both regarding "sex," and "identity ... In recent years, many societies have recognized same sex marriages ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- known as a buffalo hump), reduced libido (or sex drive), impotence, amenorrhoea ... may occur because of an excess of androgens (sex hormones). This excess hair ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- Cholesterol is an important sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol ... bile salts, as a precursor to steroid hormones (including estrogen ...23 KB (3,346 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- disrupted the interplay of the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. However recent studies have shown that there are no differences in the ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 23:54, 24 March 2024
- has hormonal activity. As with the steroid hormones and retinoic acid ... rising levels of glucocorticoids and sex hormones (estrogen and testosterone ...24 KB (3,497 words) - 17:25, 18 April 2023
