“…Estrogens may inhibit androgen-sensitive male accessory sex organs indirectly through the lowering of plasma androgen levels due to effects of gonadotrophin secretion and testicular androgen biosynthesis (Price and Williams-Ashman, 1961;Samuels et al, 1964;Oshima et al, 1967;Perklev and Groning, 1969) or alternately, through direct affects on androgen-sensitive glands such as direct in-hibition of the prostate in hypophysectomized dog (Goodwin et al, 1961). Estrogens also cause a decrease in a variety of metabolic processes in target organs, but conversely cause a n increase in prostatic lysosomal activity (Lasnitzki et al, 1965;Mangan et al, 1967;Maggi et al, 1970;Leav et al, 1971;Yamanaka et al, 1975 a,b;Shimazaki et al, 1977).…”