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**Neil R** · 11-03-2007, 07:44 PM

In answer to your questions...

1:-

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A prohormone is a substance that is a precursor to a hormone, usually having minimal hormonal effect by itself.

2:- Yes
3:- Yes
4:- Yes

....if your diet is good also

5:- Yes, potentially.

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4-androstenedione

Converts to: testosterone
Characteristics:
- Research indicates a conversion rate of about 5.6%, which means that of the amount taken orally, 5.6% is converted to testosterone.
- Relatively high rate of aromatization to estrogen, and consequently higher risk of side-effects such as gynecomastia brought on by excessive estrogen formation.
- Exhibits significant androgenic properties, which may result in side effects such as male pattern baldness, acne, and enlarged prostate.

4-androstenediol (4-AD)

Converts to: testosterone
Characteristics:
- Conversion rate of about 15.76%, almost triple that of androstenedione, due to utilization of a different enzymatic pathway.
- No direct conversion to estrogen, though some secondary aromatization does occur through metabolism.
- Appears to be less androgenic than its cousin, since it does not metabolize into the potent androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

19-norandrostenedione

Converts to: nortestosterone (also called nandrolone)
Characteristics:
- Only slightly less anabolic than testosterone.
- Low rate of aromatization to estrogen.
- Low occurrence of androgenic side effects.

19-norandrostenediol

Converts to: nortestosterone
Characteristics:
- Same as -dione, except (as with the andros), the conversion rate is higher.

1-androstenediol (1-AD)

Converts to: 1-testosterone, a 5-alpha reduced steroid reported to be 700% more anabolic and 200% more androgenic than testosterone; 1-testosterone is better (although rarely) described as dihydroboldenone, the 5-alpha reduced version of the veterinary steroid boldenone
Characteristics:
- Very high conversion rate, because the liver serves primarily to "activate" the compound as it passes through rather than to break it down and excrete it, as is the case with other prohormones.
- Cannot aromatize to estrogen either directly or through any of its metabolic products. However, 1-Testosterone, being a 5-alpha reduced steroid, is highly androgenic; it is very similar to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Many side effects associated with excessive levels of DHT, including male pattern baldness, testicular shrinkage, benign prostate hypertrophy and acne can occur with 1-AD usage. (Journal of Organic chem. vol, 27 1962 iss.1)
- As with other -diols, 1-AD cannot convert directly to estrogen.