no im saying diol's are able to bind with, interact with the androgen receptor, but they do not bind with/interact with it as strongly as steroids with a 3-keto group, such as methyl clostebol.
in theory, hdrol is a pre-cursor to oral turinabol, and pmag a pre-cursor to methyl clostebol, but it has been speculated/said by those more knowledgable than i, that the conversion, if any does happen, is most likely incomplete, or doesn't happen at all.
effects seen from hdrol, and pmag should be attributed to those compounds, not conversion to their 3 keto counter parts.
oh, and im no chemist. patrick arnold, that is a chemist.
im just a guy who like learning about steroids. thats about as far as my chemistry knowledge goes, and prob will ever go.