Not exact matches
Researchers
at the NIEHS, including Kenneth Korach, Ph.D., a co-investigator for the new study, previously found laboratory evidence that lavender and tea tree oil have estrogenic (estrogen - like) properties and anti-androgenic (
testosterone inhibiting - like) activities, meaning they compete or hinder the hormones that control male characteristics, which could affect
puberty and growth.
Just like men, women have
testosterone in their bodies
at all ages (and not just during childhood or
puberty).
Testosterone levels begin to rise steadily in youth, peaking
at puberty, and then beginning a steady decline after the age of 30.
At puberty stage, the amount of
testosterone level starts to increase * until the early ages of 30 years.
Testosterone levels will spike during
puberty explaining the rapid increase in height and weight seen in men
at that time, not to mention the vertiginous increase in sex drive which occurs
at the same time.