As the name implies, Human Growth Hormone is an anabolic hormone — a hormone conducive to growth.

顾名思，生长激素是一种促进合成代谢的激素——即有助于生长的激素。

For a start, oestrogen is anabolic, building up muscle, while progesterone is catabolic, breaking it down.

首先，雌激素是合成代谢的，可以增强肌肉，而黄酮是分解代谢的，可以分解肌肉。

Though recreational users take steroids for their anabolic effects, they also experience androgenic effects— often undesired.

尽管休闲用户服用类固醇是为了达合成代谢的效果，但他们会验雄激素效应——通常是不受欢迎的。

But, of course, not all the effects of anabolic steroids are positive.

但是，当然，并非合成代谢类固醇的所有作用都是积极的。

In summary, carbon dioxide is a metabolic waste product of ATP synthesis.

总之，二氧化碳是ATP合成的代谢废物。

With the thylakoids implanted into the mice and exposed to light, the mice recovered. Their metabolism returned to normal.

研究员将类囊植入小鼠内，并施加光照，小鼠的关节健康状况因此显改善，细胞的合成代谢恢复正常。

And leucine is a key branch chain amino acid that has an anabolic effect on the body so it preserves lean body mass.

而亮氨酸是一种在内起合成代谢作用的，关键性支链氨基酸，所以它能保护内脂肪较少的肌肉块。

The theory is that more metabolic stress accumulates in the muscle with less rest, which leads to greater anabolic signaling, thus greater muscle hypertrophy.

该理论认为，更多的代谢压力会在肌肉中积累，而休息时间越少，就会有越多的合成代谢信号，从而导致肌肉生长更多。

Insulin is an anabolic hormone that has many functions, but one is that it acts as your " fat storage" hormone and by inhibiting three important enzymes, it prevents you from burning fat.

胰岛素是一种具有许多功能的合成代谢荷尔蒙，但同时还是一种使发胖的荷尔蒙而且，通过抑制中三种重要的酶，胰岛素还能阻止燃烧脂肪获取能量。