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androgen
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androgen (ăn`drəjən): see testosterone testosterone (tĕstŏs`tərōn), principal androgen, or male sex hormone .
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androgen

Any of a group of hormones that mainly influence the development of the male reproductive system. The main and most active androgen is testosterone, produced by cells in the testes. Androgens produced in smaller quantities, mainly by the adrenal gland but also by the testes, support the functions of testosterone. Androgens cause the normal changes of puberty in boys' bodies and then influence sperm-cell formation, sexual interest and behaviour, and male pattern baldness. Females produce trace quantities of androgens, mostly in the adrenal glands, as well as in the ovaries.
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, Serum androgenic hormones motivate sexual be havior in adolescent boys, Fertility and Sterility, 1985, 43(1):90-94.
Greater expectations: adolescents' positive motivations for sex by Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie L. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Further, it has been demonstrated that exposure to estrogen or estrogen-mimicking chemicals during a critical period of development can result in genotypic XY males developing into fully functional phenotypic females, whereas exposure of genotypic XX females to androgenic chemicals can result in development of phenotypic males (Cheek et al.
Antiestrogens inhibit xenoestrogen-induced brain aromatase activity ... by Brouwer, Marius / Environmental Health Perspectives
Capaldini noted that oxandrolone (used for treating muscle wasting) is a pure anabolic--it helps increase muscle mass, but does not have any androgenic (masculinizing) effect at all (this is why women can take the frill dose).
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