Gland or Tissue Hormone Chemical Nature

Testis testosterone steroid

Ovary estrogens (estradiol, estrone, estriol) polypeptide?

  steroids
 inhibin (folliculostin)  steroid
progesterone
 relaxin polypeptide

Thyroid gland thyroxine amino acid

triiodothyronine amino acid

Adrenal gland epinephrine amine

Medulla norepinephrine amine
dopamine steroid

Adrenal gland cortisol steroid

Cortex corticosterone steroid
aldosterone steroid
androgens steroid
estrogens steroid

Pituitary gland corticotropin (adrenocortico- polypeptide

Anterior lobe tropin, ACTH)
growth hormone (GH or protein
somatotropin)
thyrotropin (thyroid- glycoprotein
stimulating hormone, TSH)
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) glycoprotein
uteinizing hormone (LH, interstitial glycoprotein
cell stimulating hormone, ICSH)
prolactin (PRL, luteotropic hormone, protein
LTH, lactogenic hormone,  
mammotropin)

Pituitary gland oxytocin polypeptide

Posterior lobe vasopressin (antidiuretic polypeptide
hormone, ADH)

Intermediate lobe tissue alpha-melanocyte-stimulating* polypeptide

 hormone (alpha-MSH)
beta-melanocyte-stimulating* polypeptide
hormone (beta-MSH)

Hypothalamus corticotropin-releasing polypeptide?

hormone (CRH)
growth hormone-releasing polypeptide?
hormone (GHRH)
thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) polypeptide
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) polypeptide?
gonadotropin-releasing hormone polypeptide
(GnRH)
prolactin-inhibiting factor (PIF) polypeptide?
somatostatin polypeptide
gastrointestinal neuropeptide polypeptide

Pancreatic islets glucagon polypeptide

insulin polypeptide
somatostatin polypeptide
pancreatic polypeptide polypeptide

Parathyroid gland parathyroid hormone (parathormone) polypeptide

calcitonin polypeptide

Skin, liver, kidney calciferols steroids

Gastrointestinal
mucosa
Stomach gastrin polypeptide
Duodenum cholecystokinin (CCK) polypeptide
  secretin polypeptide
gastric-inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) polypeptide
vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) polypeptide
villikinin --
enterocrinin --

Thymus thymosin polypeptide

Pineal melatonin amine

(not secreted?)
Kidneys renin protein
erythropoietin protein?

Placenta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) glycoprotein

human chorionic somatomammo- protein
tropin (HCS)
renin protein
estrogens steroids
androgens steroids
progesterone steroid

Multiple tissues somatomedins (insulin-like growth polypeptides

factors)
prostaglandins steroids