CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Miracle Drug, Endocrine Disruptor, Misoprostol

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

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Ovaries & testes = glands for sex hormones. Ex: hair deposition / voice tone / fat distribution in both women & men but different ratio for health. Sex hormones = allow sex change & help with surgery for people with wrong hormone balance. Born in wrong body [unrelated to sexual orientation or travesties] ex: bruce jenner. *sophisticated operations make new genitals & hormones help with breast growth/hair/fat. Testosterone = muscle development & sex drive [lower when older: low testosterone level. = only way to test low testosterone level & can receive testosterone = helpful. But if normal testosterone level = injection of testosterone not beneficial: high testosterone level. Sex offenders = testosterone so either go to jail or chemical castration with cyproterone acetate to block testosterone= aggression & sex drive. Solution= proscar drug block conversion of testosterone di-hydro-testosterone. For muscle building so body builder [both men & women] use testosterone. *still need to train / can develop male characteristic.