The Characteristics and Functions of Testosterone

The main functions of testosterone are testicular and brain differentiation, as well as the development of primary and secondary sexual characteristics. So, as we can see, testosterone isn’t only what many people commonly know as the male hormone. This hormone is present in both sexes at birth and plays its role in everyone’s life. Testosterone is a steroid hormone synthesized from cholesterol in the Leydig cells of the testes. It’s also synthesized in the theca cells of the ovary and in the zona reticularis of the adrenal glands (1). Moreover, the socially-held conception of testosterone as a hormone linked to…