See Also: Hormones(medicine)
Hormones(health)
sex hormones(medicine)
neurohypophysial hormones(medicine)
Endocrine hormones(health)
Pregnancy hormones(health)
Peptide hormones(health)
steroid hormones(medicine)
parathyroid hormones(medicine)
cortical hormones(medicine)

Hormones (health)


Biological compounds that communicate information at a distance. Hormones require specific receptors to begin their biological action and use second messengers to initiate the cellular process that uses that information.