TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Androgens A1 - Snyder, Peter J. A2 - Brunton, Laurence L. A2 - Chabner, Bruce A. A2 - Knollmann, Björn C. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12e AB - In men, testosterone is the principal secreted androgen. The Leydig cells synthesize the majority of testosterone by the pathways shown in Figure 41–1. In women, testosterone also is probably the principal androgen and is synthesized both in the corpus luteum and the adrenal cortex by similar pathways. The testosterone precursors androstenedione and dehydroepiandrosterone are weak androgens that can be converted peripherally to testosterone. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/09/23 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127869506 ER -