Word: eaps
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...EAP. Until recently the two known male hormones were androsterone, first obtained by Butenandt of Germany, and a much more powerful one called testosterone, isolated by Laqueur of The Netherlands. In 1934-35 both of these were synthesized by Ruzicka of Switzerland. Last week Dr. Russell E. Marker and his associates of Pennsylvania State College announced isolation and synthesis of a third male hormone, secreted in the bodies of women...
Nicknamed "EAP" (epi-allo-pregnanolone), the hormone was extracted from pregnancy urine, one-third of an ounce from 10,000 gallons. After its structure was determined, it was easily synthesized from cholesterol, parent substance of other sex hormones. EAP differs from progesterone, a female hormone, only in having four fewer hydrogen atoms. It was administered to a man who had been impotent all his life. After ten days he became potent, and his "condition of ecstasy" lasted three days...