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Dehydroepiandrosterone may be a candidate as hormone replacement therapy
February 2nd, 2006
Dehydroepiandrosterone may be a candidate as a physiological hormone replacement therapy. According to a recent review published in the Journal of Endocrinology, "Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is not a hormone but it is a very important prohormone secreted in large amounts by the adrenals in humans and other primates, but not in lower species. It is secreted in larger quantities than cortisol and is present in the blood at concentrations only second to cholesterol." "All the enzymes required to transform DHEA into androgens and/or estrogens are expressed in a cell-specific manner in a large series of peripheral target tissues, thus permitting...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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