TABLE 1.

SUMMARY OF THE EFFECT OF FINASTERIDE ON THE WET WEIGHT OF THE VENTRAL PROSTATE, SERUM TESTOSTERONE (T) AND DHT, AND INTRAPROSTATIC T AND DHT IN TESTIS-INTACT RATS

	Serum		Prostate
	T (ng/ml)	DHT (ng/ml)	T (ng/g)	DHT (ng/g)	Weight (mg)
Normal	2.63 ± 0.76	0.22 ± 0.02	3.01 ± 0.07	6.54 ± 1.73	347 ± 20
Finasteride	4.60 ± 0.41	0.11 ± 0.003	17.56 ± 1.48	1.02 ± 0.01	283 ± 46
Castrated	0.04 ± 0.002	0.10 ± 0.004	0.86 ± 0.04	0.87 ± 0.06	97 ± 4.4

The rats were treated with finasteride for 96 h. The 7-day castrated rats were included to provide a reference.