Impact of Drug Abuse on Health and Society Drug abuse and addiction not only has negative consequences on individuals, it also has devastating psychological effects on their family, friends and society.
Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group and is found in humans and other vertebrates. In humans and other mammals, testosterone is secreted primarily by the testicles of males and, to a lesser extent, the ovaries of females. Small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands. It is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid.
testosterone. the principal male sex hormone (androgen) that is produced by Leydig's cells of the testes in response to luteinizing hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. It is also produced by the adrenal cortex in both males and females.ale hormone produced by the testes and (in small amounts) in the ovaries. Testosterone is responsible for some masculine secondary sex characteristics such as growth of body hair and deepening voice. Mentioned in: Anabolic Steroid Use, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Klinefelter Syndrome, Menopause, Saw Palmetto.