这是一篇综述性文章,作为该期的专刊“内分泌学最近展望”的引言。近年来内分泌的进展非常迅速,作者就内分泌学引人注意的项目将内分泌的研究分为以下几类:一、机体体内的激素分离与提纯工作,结构式的确定,例如蛋白类激素,引起子宫收缩的后叶素中的Oxytocin的结构式的阐明和人工合成。二、各种激素在机体内如何参与代谢,各激素间的相互关系如何。三、特别是某些激素与植物性神经具有何种联系,还有与中枢之间的关系,中 This is a review article that serves as a prelude to the current issue of Recent Developments in Endocrinology. In recent years, the progress of endocrine is very rapid, the author of the endocrinology eye-catching project will be divided into the following types of endocrine research: First, the body of the hormone separation and purification work, structural determination, such as protein hormones, causing uterine contractions The elucidation of Oxytocin structural elucidation and synthetic. Second, various hormones in the body how to participate in metabolism, the relationship between the hormones how. Third, in particular, some of the hormones and plant nerves have what kind of relationship, as well as with the relationship between the center, in