Hormones

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This third edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the hormones of humans and brief summaries of the hormones of plants and insects, all viewed from the context of modern theories of their action in the framework of our current understanding their molecular structures and physiological functions.

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Title Statements

Full title :Hormones / Anthony W. Norman, Helen L. Henry.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015.

Notes

Previous edition by Anthony W. Norman and Gerald Litwack. 1997.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 413 pages : : illustrations ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780123694447, 0123694442
oclc:ocn893105759
LC Classification:QP571
Dewey Decimal:612.405

Hormones: an introduction -- Steroid hormones: chemistry, biosyntheis, and metabolism -- The Hypothalamus and anterior pituitary -- Posterior pituitary hormones -- Thyroid hormones -- Pancreatic hormones: insulin and glucagon -- Gastrointestinal hormones -- Eicosanoids -- Calcium-regulating hormones: vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and fibroblast growth factor 23 -- Adrenal corticoids -- Hormones of the adrenal medulla -- Androgens -- Estrogens and progestins -- Hormones of pregnancy, parturition, and lactation -- Hormones related to the kidney and cardiovascular system -- The Pineal gland -- Growth factors.