Steroid hormones are among the most widespread aquatic micropollutants. They are harmful to human health, and they cause ecological imbalances in aquatic environments. Researchers investigated how ...

UP to the present, the physiological classification and terminology of steroid hormones was based either on one of their outstanding actions (‘œstrogens’, ‘progestins’) or on their source of origin ...

Steroid hormone levels in healthy adults are influenced by oral contraceptives and smoking, as well as other lifestyle choices and factors such as biological sex and age, according to new research ...

New process for efficient removal of steroid hormones from water An improved filtration system eliminates estradiol with an efficiency of more than 99% Date: September 8, 2020 Source: Karlsruher ...

A schematic representation of the selective binding of testosterone from a mixture of testosterone, progesterone, and beta-estradiol in water. The receptor has an inner cavity with a diameter of ...

Scientists are finally tracing, step by step, how bacteria strip down and rebuild steroid molecules into compounds that look a lot like modern drugs. By mapping these microbial assembly lines in the ...

A recent study revealed the complex interplay between diosgenin (DG) and brassinosteroids (BRs) in Dioscorea zingiberensis. By integrating genome-wide methylation, transcriptome, and metabolite data, ...

Hormones orchestrate everything from energy to cognition — so why does mainstream medicine ignore their decline, and sometimes accelerate it?

Supplying clean water to people around the world is one of the great challenges of today and tomorrow. Various micropollutants (organic and inorganic substances) are present in low concentrations in ...