Abstract
Summary
Orally administered non-methylated as well as methylated androgens are able to stimulate an increase in size of the kidney and the seminal vesicles and prostates and decrease the thymus of castrated mice. The absence of a functional group in the 3 position, e.g., 17-methylandrostan-17β-ol resulted in a marked decrease in androgenic, but not renotrophic, activity.
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