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hormone

Term ID
CHEBI:24621
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.
References
Ontology
ChEBI  ( EBI )
Relationships
is a type of
has subtype
inverse has_role
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from hormone
Phenotype where environments contain hormone
Phenotype modified by environments containing hormone
Human Disease / Model Data