Testosterone is a steroid sex hormone indicated to treat primary hypogonadism and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.[L8983,L8935,L8938,L8986,L8989,L8992,L8995] Testosterone antagonizes the androgen receptor to induce gene expression that causes the growth and development of masculine sex organs and secondary sexual characteristics.[A187114,L8983,L8935,L8938,L8986,L8989,L8992,L8995] Testosterone was isolated from samples and also synthesized in 1935.[A186943]
Synonyms
17beta-hydroxy-4-androsten-3-one
Testosteronum
Testosterona
Testostérone
4-androsten-17β-ol-3-one
Virosterone
Testosterone
Testosteron
Brand Names
Natesto
Natesto nasal gel
Androgel
AndroGel
Testim 1%
Taro-testosterone Gel
Testo-100
Testopel
Testosterone
Testosterone / Anastrozole
Axiron
Livensa
Testozole
Testim
Striant
Testosterone Micro
Intrinsa
Fortesta
Malogen Aqueous 100 Sus 100mg/ml
Vogelxo
Testosterone 12.5 mg
Testosterone Gel, 1%
Testosterone / Cholesterol
Androderm
Indication
Testosterone is indicated to treat primary hypogonadism and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.[L8983,L8935,L8938,L8986,L8989,L8992,L8995]
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison
T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682