dihydrotestosterone
noun
di·hy·dro·tes·tos·ter·one
(ˌ)dī-ˌhī-drō-te-ˈstä-stə-ˌrōn 
: a biologically active metabolite C19H30O2 of testosterone having similar androgenic activity
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Testosterone and its active form, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), traverse the membranes of prostate cancer cells and interact with androgen receptors in the cytoplasm, a cell’s liquid interior.
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Marc B. Garnick, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
However, there was one study done where a college-age group of rugby players experienced hair loss following a 3-week creatine supplement regimen, though it was believed that this hair loss was actually caused by an increase in the hormone DHT (dihydrotestosterone) within the players’ bodies.
—Douglas Maroney, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024
These drugs prevent testosterone from turning into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone linked to prostate cancer at higher levels.5
Is There Medication to Prevent Breast Cancer?
—Anisa Arsenault, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2024
That’s because hair loss often isn’t the result of a lack of nutrients to the hair follicles but rather a matter of hormones; in the case of genetic hair loss, for instance, the follicles are sensitive to a hormone called dihydrotestosterone.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
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Marc B. Garnick, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
However, there was one study done where a college-age group of rugby players experienced hair loss following a 3-week creatine supplement regimen, though it was believed that this hair loss was actually caused by an increase in the hormone DHT (dihydrotestosterone) within the players’ bodies.
—Douglas Maroney, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024
These drugs prevent testosterone from turning into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone linked to prostate cancer at higher levels.5
Is There Medication to Prevent Breast Cancer?
—Anisa Arsenault, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2024
That’s because hair loss often isn’t the result of a lack of nutrients to the hair follicles but rather a matter of hormones; in the case of genetic hair loss, for instance, the follicles are sensitive to a hormone called dihydrotestosterone.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
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dihydrotestosterone
noun
di·hy·dro·tes·tos·ter·one
-te-ˈstäs-tə-ˌrōn
: a biologically active metabolite C19H30O2 of testosterone having similar androgenic activity and produced in various tissues (as of the skin and prostate)
—abbreviation DHT
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