Herbal Testosterone: Mechanism of Action

The mechanism of action of herbal testosterone is based on the idea of manipulating that testosterone hormone that exists in the unbound state in the organism, because it can help to transform the general potency and activity of testosterone level. When the person develops higher levels of testosterone, this hormone produces an increased glucocorticoid effect, which yields anti-proteoolytic, or, in other words, anti-catabolic effect on muscle cells.

Testosterone tends to bide with glucocorticoid receptors, thus triggering protein release from muscle tissue by blocking the normal messenger pathway. That property of testosterone leads to indirect anabolic effect. Growth of quantity of free testosterone leads to higher concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2) receptor sites of muscle tissue in the skeleton. On the other hand, lower level of testosterone also results in decreased IGF-1 production, and, logically, in the lowering of IGF-1 receptor sites. The state of immune system also depends on the level of the hormone testosterone, and its lack makes human immune system significantly weaker.