Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Plasma Androgenic Steroids and Their Precursors
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Vol. 51 (5) , 541-544
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006250-197805000-00005
Abstract
Plasma dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), its sulfate ester (DHEAS), and androstenedione (A2), Δ5-pregnenolone (Δ5-P), and 17α-hydroxypregnenolone were measured in women using estrogen-containing oral contraceptives and in female controls of similar age. All three androgenic steroids and their two C21 precursors were reduced in the oral contraceptive users compared with the controls. It is concluded that oral contraceptives cause a decrease in plasma DHEA, DHEAS, and A2, one possible mechanism for which is the inhibition of Δ5-P synthesis from cholesterol.Keywords
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