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What does androsterone mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone.
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The classic AAS is testosterone, which is metabolized into the active metabolites of dihydrotestosterone, androstanolone, estradiol, androsterone, and androstenedione.
Major metabolites of testosterone are androsterone and etiocholanolone.
Genetic deficiency of androsterone UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity in Wistar rats is due to the loss of enzyme protein.
It is a necessary precursor of the estradiol, androsterone, and other hormones.
From it, he extracted exactly 15 milligrams of the hormone androsterone – an amount the size of a small pebble.
The serum DHT metabolites androstenediol glucuronide and androsterone glucuronide were also significantly reduced.

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