Promotes tissue growth.
Promoting anabolism. 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.
Describes an agent involved in the building phase of metabolism.
Referring to a substance which synthesises protein.
Promoting tissue growth by increasing the metabolic processes involved in protein synthesis. Anabolic agents are usually synthetic male sex hormones; they include ethylestrenol, methandienone, nandrolone, norethandrolone, oxymesterone, and stanolone. They are used to help weight gain in underweight patients, such as the elderly and those with serious illnesses, and also to strengthen” bones in osteoporosis. Some anabolic steroids cause virilization in women and liver damage.
The physiological processes triggered by this phenomenon involve the stimulation of both muscular and skeletal development, leading to an augmentation in size and strength. Furthermore, a notable transformation occurs within the body composition as adipose tissue is gradually replaced by lean muscle mass.
Describes a compound that enhances muscle growth and boosts strength.