Term Name: hormone
Synonyms: endocrine, hormones
Definition: Originally referring to an endogenous compound that is formed in specialized organ or group of cells and carried to another organ or group of cells, in the same organism, upon which it has a specific regulatory function, the term is now commonly used to include non-endogenous, semi-synthetic and fully synthetic analogues of such compounds.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:24621]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: agonist molecular messenger
has subtype: anabolic agent growth hormone plant hormone sex hormone thyroid hormone
inverse has_role: (R)-adrenaline acetylcholine calcitriol ecdysteroid farnesyl acetone glutaurine glutaurine zwitterion glutaurine(1-) juvenile hormone melatonin peptide hormone pyrabactin steroid hormone