In order to prevent hair loss in men, one popular treatment is to use an inhibitor of the enzyme that converts

testosterone to a different androgen (DHT). The inhibitors are steroids similar to testosterone that cannot be converted into
DHT. How would you classify this type of inhibition?



a. competitive inhibition
b. noncompetitive inhibition
c. allosteric inhibition
d. feedback inhibition
e. ionic inhibition


ANSWER: a

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