Hepcidin was a newly discovered micromolecular peptide hormone. 铁调素是一种能调节血铁水平的小分子肽类激素。
Because alcohol consumption is known to affect metabolism in some animals, the team thought that light drinking might alter sex steroid hormone levels in midlife women. 因为在一些动物饮酒影响代谢被广泛所知,该小组想少量饮酒可能改变中年女性性甾类激素的水平。