"Two over-the-counter dietary supplements that anti-doping officials say are popular among high school football players contain steroids, according to court papers filed by federal authorities on Thursday.
The supplements, Tren Xtreme and Mass Xtreme, are manufactured by American Cellular Labs and marketed as a “potent legal alternative to” steroids. But authorities alleged in search warrants executed on Thursday that the supplements contain illegal man-made steroids, also known as designer steroids. One of the substances is Madol, which was first identified six years ago during the investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative."
Desoxymethyltestosterone was invented in 1961 by Max Huffman who obtained a patent on the compound.
Interestingly, although desoxymethyltestosterone is completely synthetic in origin, it is nearly identical in structure to delta2-androstenol, a naturally occurring pheromone produced by elephants and other mammals except for the 17aMethyl which makes it much more stable and orally available as a steroid.
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