英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈændrəd͡ʒən/

名詞

androgen (plural androgens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
   • 2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology‎, page 151:

     It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450_aro), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

   • 2015 August 17, Ricardo Mondragón-Ceballos et al., “Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated with Testosterone and Estradiol Concentrations in Young Women”, in International Journal of Endocrinology‎, volume 2015, →DOI:

     However, high levels of the nonaromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone and of sex-hormone binding globulin that inhibit fat accumulation in the abdomen might also contribute to reducing the waist.

派生語

参考

• anabolic steroid
• androsterone
• estrogen
• testosterone

Further reading

• androgen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• dragonné, end organ, end-organ, endorgan