Andy, what I meant for the life of enthanate being 10-12 days is that hormone return to baseline in about 12 days (depending on the dossage)... you stated the halfife was about 7 days...
Regardless of all the hearsay about "halflives" of various AS, there has to be some difinitive truth. Given this would probably be dependant on an individual's level of esterase... I'm sure there are individual differences.
I have to admit, I was under the impression that an ester existed as a chain of carboxal groups each bound to an individual molecule of hormone and that breaking down the ester (removing the carbon group) frees up the hormone for circulation... I really didn't understand your explanation, but it seemed to be a lot different than my thoughts on esterfication...
Hugh, I agree... I don't think oil base slows the break down of AAS one iota. I see no difference between oil based and water based... oil based may have better dispursement... and be less painful. I perfer a water base because it would cut down on acne... I don't know why more esterfied hormones aren't contained in water bases...? Perhaps due to carboxilic acid's oxidation of the ester? Andy?
Andy, I forgot about the DNP thread...j
-Stew