simple testosterone question

[t_dot_porkchop]

hey guys,

just looking for a straight up, simple answer:

what is the testosterone made from that we use? i know its synthetic, but how and/or what is it made from?

i read something once about wild yams and their relation to test...anyone got an answer or a link?

 

[t_dot_porkchop]

nevermind....played with google and found my answer...

...A more historically pivotal constituent of yam is a steroid called diosgenin. Steroids are any molecule with a specific structure of four carbon rings fused together, and variations on this fundamental structure produce a wide assortment of important molecules, including sex hormones, cholesterol, and the anti-inflammatory cortisone. While many steroids are of inestimable therapeutic value worldwide, they were once prohibitively expensive. Yam supplied the world with the first affordable steroids...

 

[Matthew D]

cool.. good post chop

 

[Poobah]

lol.. but it doesn't really go into much detail does it.. Why yams? why not potatoes or corn?

 

[t_dot_porkchop]

sorry P....here is the whole article:

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[Poobah]

lol.. okay.. I never would of guessed. In Yam we trust.

 

[chasec]

and my mom said i didn't eat my vegetables.....

 

[milwood]

nice work, t_dot