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NNadir

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24. That's interesting. Based on what I know...

Reply to wackadoo wabbit (Reply #22)

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 09:13 PM

Apr 2021

...without knowing whether you are male or female, and without particular medical expertise, if you are the latter, or even the former, I would be careful about monitoring yourself for potential neoplasms.

Steroids are fairly planar, and as such can be carcinogens very much like PAHs, again, insertion in the minor groove followed by adduct formation. These adducts are well known and have been detected by various means.

It sounds as if you have the sophistication to understand this, since I know very few people who even think about their COMT status, so I'm sure you'll be cognizant of what's involved.

Good luck!

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