19-01-2012, 11:14 PM
I found this great new review article on 5α-reductase:
http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:npWWyULKrhMJ:scholar.google.com/+progesterone+prolactin+diosgenin+OR+fenugreek+OR+dioscorea+OR+yam&hl=nl&as_sdt=0&as_ylo=2008&as_yhi=2012
There is also a pdf-version, with complete drawings of the molecules.
Turns out there are not two, but five isozymes. It could be hard to find an herbal anti-androgen that blocks them all
http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:npWWyULKrhMJ:scholar.google.com/+progesterone+prolactin+diosgenin+OR+fenugreek+OR+dioscorea+OR+yam&hl=nl&as_sdt=0&as_ylo=2008&as_yhi=2012
There is also a pdf-version, with complete drawings of the molecules.
Turns out there are not two, but five isozymes. It could be hard to find an herbal anti-androgen that blocks them all