Testosterone 5-alpha-reductase

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In biology, testosterone 5-alpha-reductase is an enzyme that produced dihydrotestosterone.

Inhibitors are finasteride and dutasteride are used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy. Both of these medications are metaoblized by cytochrome P-450 CYP3A4.

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