| HORMONE | ABBR | TYPE | IDEOPHONETIC | ANALOGY | DERIVED FROM |
| Adrenaline (or epinephrine) | EPI | Amino acid derivative | | | |
| Melatonin | MT | Amino acid derivative | | | |
| Noradrenaline (or norepinephrine) | NE | Amino acid derivative | | | |
| Triiodothyronine | T3 | Amino acid derivative | | | |
| Thyroxine | T4 | Amino acid derivative | | | |
| Dopamine | DA | Amino acid derivative | | | |
| Prostaglandins | PG | Eicosanoid | | | |
| Leukotrienes | LT | Eicosanoid | | | |
| Prostacyclin | PGI2 | Eicosanoid | | | |
| Thromboxane | TXA2 | Eicosanoid | | | |
| Amylin (or Islet Amyloid Polypeptide) | IAPP | Peptide | | | |
| Anti-Müllerian hormone(or Müllerian-inhibiting factor/hormone) | AMH （or MIF or MIH) | Peptide | | | |
| Adiponectin | Acrp30 | Peptide | | | |
| Adrenocorticotropic hormone (or corticotropin) | ACTH | Peptide | | | |
| Angiotensinogen and Angiotensin | AGT | Peptide | | | |
| Antidiuretic hormone (or vasopressin, arginine vasopressin) | ADH | Peptide | | | |
| Atrial natriuretic peptide (or atriopeptin) | ANP | Peptide | | | |
| Brain natriuretic peptide | BNP | Peptide | | | |
| Calcitonin | CT | Peptide | | | |
| Cholecystokinin | CCK | Peptide | | | |
| Corticotropin-releasing hormone | CRH | Peptide | | | |
| Cortistatin | CORT | Peptide | | | |
| Enkephalin | | Peptide | | | |
| Endothelin | | Peptide | | | |
| Erythropoietin | EPO | Peptide | | | |
| Follicle-stimulating hormone | FSH | Peptide | | | |
| Galanin | GAL | Peptide | | | |
| Gastric inhibitory polypeptide | GIP | Peptide | | | |
| Gastrin | GAS | Peptide | | | |
| Ghrelin | | Peptide | | | |
| Glucagon | GCG | Peptide | | | |
| Gonadotropin-releasing hormone | GnRH | Peptide | | | |
| Growth hormone-releasing hormone | GHRH | Peptide | | | |
| Hepcidin | HAMP | Peptide | | | |
| Human chorionic gonadotropin | hCG | Peptide | | | |
| Human placental lactogen | HPL | Peptide | | | |
| Growth hormone | GH or hGH | Peptide | | | |
| Inhibin | | Peptide | | | |
| Insulin | INS | Peptide | | | |
| Insulin-like growth factor | IGF | Peptide | | | |
| (or somatomedin) | | | | | |
| Leptin | LEP | Peptide | | | |
| Lipotropin | LPH | Peptide | | | |
| Luteinizing hormone | LH | Peptide | | | |
| Melanocyte stimulating hormone | MSH or α-MSH | Peptide | | | |
| Motilin | MLN | Peptide | | | |
| Orexin | | Peptide | | | |
| Osteocalcin | OCN | Peptide | | | |
| Oxytocin (or pitocin) | OXT | Peptide | | | |
| Pancreatic polypeptide | | Peptide | | | |
| Parathyroid hormone | PTH | Peptide | | | |
| Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide | PACAP | Peptide | | | |
| Prolactin (or leuteotropic hormone) | PRL | Peptide | | | |
| Prolactin-releasing hormone | PRLH | Peptide | | | |
| Relaxin | RLN | Peptide | | | |
| Renin | | Peptide | | | |
| Secretin | SCT | Peptide | | | |
| Somatostatin | GHIH or GHRIH or SRIF or SRIH | Peptide | | | |
| Thrombopoietin | TPO | Peptide | | | |
| Thyroid-stimulating hormone | TSH | Peptide | | | |
| (or thyrotropin) | | | | | |
| Thyrotropin-releasing hormone | TRH | Peptide | | | |
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| Vasoactive intestinal peptide | VIP | Peptide | | | |
| Guanylin | GN | Peptide | | | |
| Uroguanylin | UGN | Peptide | | | |
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