Boldenone

17β - hydroxyandrost -1 ,4 -dien- 3-one

Anabolic

164-166 ° C

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Boldenone is the 1,2- dehydro derivative of testosterone and a used in veterinary medicine anabolic steroid. In Germany there are no approved finished products containing boldenone.

Functioning and abuse in sport

For some time, Boldenone is in bodybuilding increasingly misuse. It is considered as a doping agent.

Boldenone was developed in 1949 by the pharmaceutical company " Ciba " and similar to " Dianabol ", only the lack of the boldenone 17-alpha- alkylation differs both. Nevertheless, the effect of the two substances is completely opposite. Boldenone converts the male body is about 50 percent less estrogen than testosterone. For a lean muscle without fat and high water content is at the same time training possible, which is why Boldenone mainly pursue the primary high quality muscle building in a diet or athletes in action. Furthermore, boldenone binds strongly Erytrozythen, ie red blood cells, which helps the athletes to a prominent vascularity.

Side effects

Frequently occurring side effects are irregular resting heart rate, increased blood pressure and deterioration of Bluttfettwerte. Who boldenone term applies thus increases the risk of heart disease tremendously.

At higher doses, oily skin, acne and hair loss can eventually show up. Was often observed that from a dosage of about 400 mg ( undecylenate ) per week of appetite rises sharply. Estrogenic side effects are rare, since boldenone can indeed be flavored as testosterone derivative, but does so only to a very limited extent and significantly weaker effect than testosterone in this regard. An enlargement of the prostate can occur because Boldenone is aromatized by means of 5-alpha- reductase in the Dihydroboldenon.