title: Urinary androstanediol and testosterone in adults.
abstract: Data are presented on the daily urinary excretion of androstanediol and testosterone in healthy adults using a sensitive radioligand assay. In nine men, the average urinary androstanediol (79 mug/day) was not significantly different from the urinary testosterone (84 mug/day). However, in women the average values of urinary androstanediol excretion (12 mug/day) were significantly higher than the urinary testosterone (4.2 mug/day). In each of the females, the urinary androstanediol was greater than the urinary testosterone. The data do not support the hypothesis that the daily urinary androstanediol excretion is a measure of the 5alpha-reduction of testosterone in androgen target tissues.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015113:Androstane-3,17-diol / Q000652:urine*; D000731:Androstanes / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D012737:Sex Factors; D013739:Testosterone / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D000731:Androstanes; D015113:Androstane-3,17-diol; D013739:Testosterone