Testosterone yog tus txiv neej tseem ceeb txiv neej pw uas yog lub luag haujlwm ntawm tus txiv neej sib deev thiab kev txhim kho ntawm cov txiv neej kev faib tawm, thiab kev hloov pauv hauv lub cev nqaij nqaij nqaij thiab cov roj ntsha. Txiv neej hypogonadism, tshwm sim los ntawm tsis txaus testosterone zais cia, muaj ob lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb yog tshwm sim los ntawm hypothalamus yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm cov gonadotropins (fsh thiab lh).
Hauv kev ncig, testosterone undecanoate yog cleaved los ntawm endogenous tsis yog-tshwj xeeb estrases los tso cov testosterone, cov nquag tivthaiv ntawm cov compound. Lub undecanoate sab saw yog pharcacologically tsis nquag. Testosterone tuaj yeem hloov dua siab tshiab los ntawm 5 reductase txuas ntxiv mus rau nws cov kev ua haujlwm muaj txiaj ntsig ntau dua, Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Cov kev nqis tes ntawm testosterone thiab DHT yog cov ntaub ntawv sib kho ntawm Androgen receptor, uas yog dav qhia nyob rau hauv ntau cov ntaub so ntswg, suav nrog cov pob txha, leeg, prostate, thiab cov ntaub so ntswg. Testosterone Binds rau androgen receptors nrog lub neej kev sib deev thiab kev tsim kho cov khoom siv sib deev ntawm cov neeg muaj kev sib deev
