Endocrine systems, its diseases and its exact secretions called hormones come under the category of endocrinology. Proliferation, augmentation, differentiation and the co-ordination of metabolism, excretion, movement, reproduction, respiration, and sensory perception depend on the chemical cues, substances synthesis and secreted by specialized cells. The comprehensive learning of bio synthesis, storage, chemistry, and physiological functions of hormones and with the cells of endocrine glands and tissues that emit them is termed as endocrinology. Several glands present in the endocrine system emit hormones openly into the blood relatively than into a vessel system. One target organ may be affected by more than one hormone. The hormones act by binding to specific receptors in the target organ, which have at least two basic constituents namely, a recognition site and an effector site.
Following are the few endocrinology online books and pdf ebooks found on web.
- Endocrinology: basic and clinical principles By P. Michael Conn, Shlomo Melmed
- Endocrinology: the glands and their functions By Roy Graham Hoskins
- Endocrinology By P.R. Yadav
- Clinical endocrinology By Ashley Grossman
- Pediatric endocrinology By M. Sperling
- Essential endocrinology and diabetes By Richard I. G. Holt, Neil A. Hanley, Charles Groves Darville Brook
- Acute endocrinology: from cause to consequence By Greet Van den Berghe
- Endocrinology at a glance By Ben Greenstein
- Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Children, With Special Emphasis on American Indian and Alaska Native Children
- Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology