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dehydroepiandrosterone |
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dehydroepiandrosterone /de·hy·dro·epi·an·dros·ter·one/ (DHEA) (-ep?e-an-dros´ter-on) a steroid secreted by the adrenal cortex, the major androgen precursor in females; often present in excessive amounts in patients with adrenal virilism.
dehydroepiandrosterone, n See DHEA. dehydroepiandrosterone an androgen occurring in normal human urine and synthesized from cholesterol. |
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Diosgenin, which has a structure similar to dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), demonstrates tonic properties. Acute dehydroepiandrosterone effects on sexual arousal in premenopausal women. 1987), in a study of 9 postmenopausal smokers and 16 nonsmokers, found that estrone, estradiol, dihydrotestosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) did not differ between the two groups. |
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