Promoting anabolism: Allow the conversion of nutritive material into complex living matter in the constructive metabolism. Specifically, an agent or function that stimulates the organization of smaller substances into larger ones. Examples: making a starch out of sugars, a protein out of amino acids, or making triglycerides out of fatty acids are anabolic functions. Anabolic steroids are internal or external substances that will induce increased body size or mass. The opposite of catabolic. Also: Anabolism

	Adrenal Cortex Related Topic "...Embryonically derived from gonad tissue, they make steroid hormones that control electrolytes, the management of fuels, the rate of anabolism, mineral metabolism, glucose metabolism, the general response to stress, and maintenance of nonspecific resistance..." Hirsutism The Condition "...True hirsutism may be due to ... Anabolic steroids..." Hyperlipidemia Related Topic "Increased cholesterol level: Elevated blood fats, either from heredity, from having so many calories in the diet that they are ending up as liver-synthesized storage fats, from an excessively anabolic metabolism..." Lipo-Oxidative Type The Condition "Having a "Highly Negative (anabolic) Lipo-Oxidative Type" indicates an elevated ratio of sterols to fatty acids with decreased cell wall permeability, according Emanual Revici, MD..." Liver Detoxification / Support Requirement The Condition "...Other causes include viral infections of the liver, some inherited disorders such as Gilbert's syndrome, alcohol-induced fatty deposits, the use of anabolic steroids/estrogens/oral contraceptives and hyperthyroidism..." Metabolism Related Topic "...Also defined as the sum total of changes in an organism in order to achieve a balance (homeostasis): Catabolic burns up, anabolic stores and builds up; the sum of their work is metabolism..." Metrorrhagia The Condition "...anticholinergics, anticoagulants); uterine fibroids; functional ovarian cysts; polyps; carcinoma of the vagina, cervix, endometium or ovary; renal or liver disease; coagulation disorders; anabolic steroid use; IUDs or other trauma..." Osteoporosis - Osteopenia The Condition "...Anabolic steroids..." Progesterone Related Topic "...It is a steroid (similar to a cholesterol), enters receptive cells to stimulate their growth, and acts as an anabolic agent..." Testosterone As A Treatment "...History; Source Anabolic steroids such as testosterone have been taken to enhance muscle development, strength, and/or endurance..." Tribulus As A Treatment "...It is a natural herbal alternative to synthetic anabolic hormones without any clinically proven toxic effects..."

Last updated: Feb 28, 2008