Abstract
Data are presented on the daily urinary excretion of androstanediol and testosterone in healthy adults using a sensitive radioligand assay. In nine men, the average urinary androstanediol (79 μg/day) was not significantly different from the urinary testosterone (84 μg/day). However, in women the average values of urinary androstanediol excretion (12 μg/day) were significantly higher than the urinary testosterone (4.2 μg/day). In each of the females, the urinary androstanediol was greater than the urinary testosterone. The data do not support the hypothesis that the daily urinary androstanediol excretion is a measure of die 5α-reduction of testosterone in androgen target tissues.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 152-154 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1976 |
| Externally published | Yes |