Back ديهيدرو إيبي أندروستيرون Arabic Дехидроепиандростерон Bulgarian Dehidroepiandrosteron BS Dehydroepiandrosteron Czech Dehydroepiandrosteron German Δεϋδροεπιανδροστερόνη Greek Dehydroepiandrosterone English Deshidroepiandrosterona Spanish دیهیدرواپیآندروسترون Persian Déhydroépiandrostérone French
Dehydroepiandrosteron, förkortat DHEA, är ett steroidhormon som produceras i binjuren av kolesterol.[1]
I USA går det att köpa DHEA receptfritt.[2]
DHEA verkar framför allt som prohormon till testosteron.[1]
- ^ [a b] Boron, Walter F.; Boulpaep, Emile L. (5 maj 2016) (på engelska). Medical physiology (Third edition). sid. 1018–1021, 1097. ISBN 9781455733286. OCLC 951680737. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/951680737. Läst 14 juli 2018
- ^ Calfee, R.; Fadale, P. (mars 2006). ”Popular ergogenic drugs and supplements in young athletes”. Pediatrics 117 (3): sid. e577–89. doi:. PMID 16510635. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/3/e577. Läst 14 juli 2018. ”In 2004, a new Steroid Control Act that placed androstenedione under Schedule III of controlled substances effective January 2005 was signed. DHEA was not included in this act and remains an over-the-counter nutritional supplement.”.