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hormone antagonists
- Subject Category
- S Biological Sciences
- W Physical and Chemical Sciences
- Definition
- Chemical substances which inhibit the function of the endocrine glands, the biosynthesis of their secreted hormones, or the action of hormones upon their specific sites.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/515.rdf
- Scope Note
- For external agents where hormone disruption is desirable (e.g., targeted insect control or suppression of reproduction cycles in domestic animals); For external agents (e.g., pollutants, pesticides, contaminants) that interfere with the role of natural hormones in nontarget organisms USE endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/515
- Broader Term
- hormones and hormone-related substances
- metabolic inhibitors
- Narrower Term
- tamoxifen
- thyroid antagonists
- Related Term
- endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- hormone agonists
- hormones
- Spanish
- antagonistas hormonales
- Term Number
- 515