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Key People:
Adolf Butenandt
Frank Rattray Lillie
Edward Adelbert Doisy
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sex hormone, a chemical substance produced by a sex gland or other organ that has an effect on the sexual features of an organism. Like many other kinds of hormones, sex hormones may also be artificially synthesized. See androgen; estrogen.