Dehydroepiandrosterone / DHEA

Testosterone Level Improvement Prohormone Dehydroepiandrosterone / DHEA Powder

Basic Details:

Product Name: Dehydroepiandrosterone
Synonyms: DHEA
CAS: 53-43-0
MF: C19H28O2
MW: 288.42
EINECS: 200-175-5
mp: 149-151°C(lit.)
alpha: 12°(c=2, ethanol 96% 25°C)

Description:

Dehydroepiandrostenedione (more correctly didehydroepiandrosterone), also known as

androstenolone or prasterone, as well as 3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one or 5-androsten-3β-ol-

17-one, is an important endogenous steroid hormone. It is the most abundant circulating steroid

hormone in humans, in whom it is produced in the adrenal glands, the gonads, and the brain,

where it functions predominantly as a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of the androgen

and estrogen sex steroids. However, Dehydroisoandrosterone also has a variety of potential

biological effects in its own right, binding to an array of nuclear and cell surface receptors, and

acting as a neurosteroid.

DHEA is a hormone that is naturally made by the human body. It can be made in the laboratory

from chemicals found in wild yam and soy. However, the human body cannot make DHEA from

these chemicals, so simply eating wild yam or soy will not increase DHEA levels. Don’t be misled

by wild yam and soy products labeled as natural DHEA.

In middle-aged men, no statistically significant effect of DHEA supplementation on lean body

mass, strength, or testosterone levels was found in a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
 

A small study suggested DHEA supplementation was associated with increases in free (but not

total) testosterone levels. In women with adrenal insufficiency and the healthy elderly there is

insufficient evidence to support the use of DHEA.

Usage:
Major secretory steroidal product of the adrenal gland; secretion progresively declines with aging.

May have estrogen-or androgen-like effects depending on the hormonal milieu. Intracellularly

converted to androstenedione. It is used in treatment of menopausal syndrome. pharmaceutical

intermediates, For the production of steroidal hormone drugs and contraceptives, the main raw

material. Downstream products acetylene progesterone