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Androgens and estrogens are hormones. Examples of androgens are testosterone, dihydroxytestosterone, and examples of estrogens include estradiol.
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The placenta cannot convert cholesterol into androgens and estrogens without the cooperation of enzymes present in the?
fetus
What are the drug categories for reproductive hormone replacement include?
Androgens Estrogens Progestins All the above
What makes a female develop a beard and a masculine pattern of body hair distribution?
insufficient level of enzymes that convert androgens into estrogens
What is glucuronidation?
The addition of glucuronic acid to a substrate is glucuronidation. It is used in xenobiotic metabolism of various substances that include drugs, androgens, estrogens, and retinoids.
What are hormones where are they produced and how are they transported?
These hormones are produced mainly by the endocrine glands. The endocrine glands in females are ovaries and those in males are testes. While both males and females have all types of hormones present in their bodies, females produce the majority of two types of hormones, estrogens and progesterone, while males produce mainly androgens such as testosterone. Most androgens produced by females are converted to estrogens and some androgens in males are also converted to estrogens.
What causes both male and female to have some amount of both sex hormones?
The adrenal gland of females produces some androgens. This affects libido. In males, estrogens are precursers to testosterone during its synthesis.
What drugs do erythromycins interact with?
Among the drugs that may interact with erythromycins are: acetaminophen (Tylenol), medicine for overactive thyroid, male hormones (androgens), female hormones (estrogens), other antibiotics, blood thinners.
What drugs interact with systemic antifungal drugs?
systemic antifungal drugs may interact with many other medicines.Among the drugs that may interact.are: acetaminophen.birth control pills.(androgens).(estrogens).medicine for other types of infections.antidepressants.antihistamines.
What are two ways cholesterol is helpful?
Cholesterol is the principal sterol of vertebrate tissues, especially in brain, spinal cord, fats or oils, and an important precursor of bile acids and steroid hormones, such as progestins, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.
Where are LH and FSH produced?
Gonadotropic hormones FSH (Follicle stimulating hormone) and LH (Luteinizing hormone) are produced and secreted by the gonadotrophs in anterior pituitary. These are the trophic hormones that act on the ovaries and testes. Required for ovulation, spermatogenesis, biosynthesis of estrogens and androgens. They are also used therapeutically to promote fertility. Their secretion is regulated by the hypothalamus GRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone), where GRH stimulates the release of FSH and LH and FSH and LH feedback and decreases levels of GRH release. Estrogens and androgens also feedback and inhibit the gonadotrophs in the pituitary and feedback on the hypothalamus.
What are androgens and antiandrogens?
Androgens-- Male sex hormones that are linked with the development of acne. Antiandrogens-- Drugs that inhibit the production of androgens.
What produces estrogens?
ovaries
