How does the body produce estrogen and testosterone?

Question

not where but how. I always wondered just how does the human body create it

I really want to know how ur hormones can give u excitement and different emotions from certain things

Answer 1

Estrogens and testosterone are both "steroid" hormones, and are both produced from cholesterol, by the process known as "steroidogenesis"

The reaction chain is a bit lengthy, but a highly simplified version can be found here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Steroidogenesis.gif

In turn, cholesterol is produced by the body from "acetyl-Coenzyme A."
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/623acetylCoAfate.html

Cholesterol can be found in all tissues of the body.

Steroid hormones are produced by the brain, liver, intestines, thyroid, adrenal glands, and gonads.

~WOMBAT

Answer 2

What Produces Estrogen

Answer 3

The testes produce the majority of testosterone in the male, while the adrenal cortex produces a small amount of estrogens, and testosterone in a male. In a female the ovaries produce estrogens, the adrenals produce both testosterone, and estrogens as in the male.

Answer 4

Testosterone is synthesized during steroidogenesis, with cholesterol as the starting molecule.

Estrogen is produced primarily by developing follicles in the ovaries, the corpus luteum, and the placenta. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) stimulate the production of estrogen in the ovaries. Some estrogens are also produced in smaller amounts by other tissues such as the liver, adrenal glands, and the breasts. These secondary sources of estrogen are especially important in postmenopausal women.

Synthesis of estrogens starts in theca interna cells in the ovary, by the synthesis of androstenedione from cholesterol. Androstenedione is a substance of moderate androgenic activity. This compound crosses the basal membrane into the surrounding granulosa cells, where it is converted to estrone or estradiol, either immediately or through testosterone. The conversion of testosterone to estradiol, and of androstenedione to estrone, is catalyzed by the enzyme aromatase.

Estradiol levels vary through the menstrual cycle, with levels highest just before ovulation.

Answer 5

At the age of puberty, Gonadatropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) is increasingly released from the Hypothalamus, in turn causing the secretion of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luetenizing Hormone (LH) from the pituitary, and finally the male gonads (testes) are then stimulated by those pituitary hormones (LH and FSH). . FSH, although generally thought to only have a role in production of sperm, actually aids the in regulation of Leydig Cell function, while LH directly causes the Leydig Cells in the testes to secrete androgenic hormones such as testosterone

Answer 6

At 65, my body drives and walks to my doctors office and gets a shot of testosterone, once a month for five monthes. I will report on the results later when I have a offer.

Answer 7

Each hormone type is either created from the cholesterol naturally produced in the body or derived from naturally occurring amino acids in foods. Amino acid derivatives are responsible for the creation of protein hormones, which are then laced together via peptide chains.

Answer 8

the human body is a machine and this machine has several by- products, testosterone / or estrogene are one of them just like carbon monoxide, and insulin
it takes protiens from the food you eat and turns it into these hormones

Answer 9

the body's glands (pituitary, thyroid, etc) issue the chemicals that cause the gonads to produce hormones. I'm sure there are very technical explanations online somewhere.

Answer 10

for women esteogen is produced in the ovaries, and testosterone for me from their balls...basically lol.
your thyroid glands control the levels of it in your body