Title: androgen
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - androgen
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10384
Status: current

Definition
Substance, such as a naturally occurring steroid hormone, that binds to androgen receptors to activate the male accessory sex organs and induce male secondary sexual characteristics.

Related Terms
- accessory sex organs: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10325
- androgen receptors: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10386
- androgenic: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10385
- hormone: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10810
- secondary sexual characteristics: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11198
- steroid: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11259

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 722 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10384/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10384/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10384/xml

Citation: Citation: 'androgen' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10384
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