androgen (or androgen) is a hormone that gives rise to the development of male characteristics, the best known being testosterone.
Testosterone is a male sex hormone that, under the action of the pituitary, forms in the testicles, stimulating the development of Organs sex organs and male secondary sex characteristics.
Androgens were discovered in 1936 and it was from them that estrogen hormones (or estrogens) were created, which are the female sex hormones.
Estrogens form in the ovaries, placenta and corpus luteum and are responsible for the appearance of female characteristics. The three natural estrogens are estrone, estriol and estradiol.
In addition to testosterone, other known male hormones are dehydroepiandrosterone, dihydrotestosterone, androsterone, androstenedione, and androstenediol.
Therefore, androgens and estrogens (or androgens and estrogens) are the male and female sex hormones, respectively.
Androgen x Androgyne
The word "androgen" is formed by joining the Greek terms "andro" (male, male) and "gen" (suffix that expresses the idea of generating, producing).
Because the spelling "androgen" rather than "androgen" is sometimes used, there is some confusion with the paronym "androgynous".
Androgynous is the same as hermaphrodite, which has both male and female reproductive organs (or characteristics). The word is formed by the Greek terms "andro" (male) and "gyne" (feminine).
