Term Name:	hormone biosynthetic process
Synonyms:	hormone anabolism, hormone biosynthesis, hormone formation, hormone synthesis
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any hormone, naturally occurring substances secreted by specialized cells that affects the metabolism or behavior of other cells possessing functional receptors for the hormone.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0042446] QuickGO AmiGO

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is a type of:	biosynthetic process hormone metabolic process
has subtype:	androgen biosynthetic process auxin biosynthetic process C21-steroid hormone biosynthetic process cytokinin biosynthetic process ecdysteroid biosynthetic process estrogen biosynthetic process juvenile hormone biosynthetic process melatonin biosynthetic process mineralocorticoid biosynthetic process pheromone biosynthetic process
negatively regulated by:	negative regulation of hormone biosynthetic process
positively regulated by:	positive regulation of hormone biosynthetic process
regulated by:	regulation of hormone biosynthetic process