Excerpts from the book: 'Peptide Immunotherapy: COLOSTRUM, A physicians Reference Guide' By Andrew M. Keech, PhD with contributions from Michail V. Borissenko BS, MS, Steven Bock, MD, Kenneth J. Frank, MD. The first thing that must be understood about colostrum is what it isn't, namely that colostrum is not a medication.
How Hormones Function. The function of hormones in the body is mainly to serve as chemical messengers. The brain receives a message from the nerves, interprets it, and transmits the message to a specific endocrine gland. In response, the endocrine gland releases one or more hormones to bind with a specific cell.ut simply, hormones are the body s chemical messengers that relay a signal from cell to cell. Endocrine glands produce and release these hormones into the bloodstream, where they will travel and bind with a specific receptor, to reproduce or to trigger the production of proteins.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a hormone is a substance formed in an organ or tissue in the body of a plant or animal and then transported by body fluid to another organ or tissue for a specific action.An example of a hormone is estrogen in humans. substance, usually a peptide or steroid, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity, such as growth or metabolism. b. A synthetic compound that acts like a hormone in the body.