Alternatives to Dihydrotestosterone for cell culture?

01 January 2018 1 4K Report

5α-Androstan-17β-ol-3-one has a permit fee of $350 (DEA). I'm looking at effects of Estradiol on MSC and would like to investigate a male hormone aswell.

Khalid Al-Salhie

This link of artical may be useful

https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/147/5/2368/2501163

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