The following is a list of

hormone A hormone (from the Ancient Greek, Greek participle , "setting in motion") is a class of cell signaling, signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physio ...

s found in ''Homo sapiens''. Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. For example, current

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

n and international usage uses

estrogen Estrogen (also spelled oestrogen in British English; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. There are three ...

and gonadotropin, while British usage retains the Greek

digraph Digraph, often misspelled as diagraph, may refer to: * Digraph (orthography), a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "nq" in Hmong RPA * Ligature (writing), the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as " ...

in ''oestrogen'' and favours the earlier spelling ''gonadotrophin''.

Hormones listing

Steroid

References

{{Hormones Human hormones Cell signaling Signal transduction

human hormones The following is a list of hormones found in ''Homo sapiens''. Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. For example, current North American and international usage uses estrogen Estrogen (also spelled oestrogen in British English; see spe ...