Testosterone Is Missing A P+

Testosterone Is Missing A P+
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Behold, the world's nerdiest hormone joke. The meme shows the molecular structures of estrogen and testosterone side by side. The punchline hinges on the fact that estrogen has a phenol group (that's the benzene ring with an OH) while testosterone is missing the "P+" (proton) that would make its structure more similar. It's basically chemistry's version of "spot the difference." Somewhere, an organic chemistry professor is using this as an exam question and giggling to themselves.

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