like krishna said previously dbol does not 5 alpha reduce,,after single administration study only 5 beta reduction occurs...do i have a problem with some of the literature(yes, there is some very interesting stuff i have found out and some very odd metabolites in this study that i never expected and do not make that much sense to me, a little unsettling, some of the pictures are mislabeled, o might have to call germany(institute of biochemistry, german sports university cologne, Calrl-Diem-WEG 6, 50933, COLOGNE GERMANY FAX- +49-221-4973236 ,moving on)
the following is a quote for d-bol,,quite long i have to type it out by hand for security reasons
"metandienone(d-bol)(17b -hydroxy-17a methylandrosta-1,4-diene-3-one) was first synthesized in 1955 by vischer et. al. by microbiological dehydrogenation of methyltestosterone. in 1956 Meystre et al. published a dehydrogenation synthesis of methyltostosterone with selenium dioxide. As the main metabolite of this steroid 6b hydroxymetandienone was identified in 1963 by Rogone and Segaloff. this metabolite was excreted unconjugated. As discussed above(Conjugation at the B ring), recent experiments have shown that 6B-hydroxymetandienone is mainly excreted as a labile conjugate, the structure of which is unknown. A further metabolite 17-epimetandienone, was identified and sythesized in 1971 by Macdonald et al. As reported later the 17-epimeric product results from degredation and rearangement of an excreted 17B- sulfate. further publications present results for GC-MS investigations of the unconjugated fraction. In 1991 we reported identification of the conjugated A- ring reduced metabolites. These include (17 B-methyl-5B-androst-1-ene, 3a, 17a diol), (17a-methyl-5B- androst-1-ene, 3a, 17B diol) and, 17a-methyl-5B-androstane-3a, 17B diol. The 17 epimer is a long term secreted metabolite, it can be detected for a very long time after the administration of metandienone. Because the formation of this 17 epimer is followed by the general degredation process to the corresponding 17B sulfate, it is also possible to detect the 18 nor product, 18 nor-17, 17 dimethyl 5B-androsta-1,13 diene-3a-ol)
i cant give you an answer about the aromitization of d-bol,,,but there is very very very strong evidence that d-bol is almost exclusively 5 beta reduced... the dose of D BOL IN THE study was at 22mg, and 44mg,,,boldenone is also only 5 beta reduced..my hand hurts now