Hormoni steroidne strukture, čiju osnovu čini ugljovodonik ciklopentanoperhidrofenantren. Sintetišu se iz holesterola u gonadama i nadbubrežnim žlezdama.
Steroid hormones use non-genomic mechanisms to control brain functions and behaviors: a review of evidence., Moore FL, Evans SJ. , 1995
Termin:
steroid hormone
Definicija:
Hormones steroid structure, whose basis is a hydrocarbon ciklopentanoperhidrofenantren. They are synthesized from cholesterol in the adrenal glands and the gonads.
steroid hormone