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Torilis japonica ==Heading 1== Torilis japonica, the erect hedgeparsley,[1] upright hedge-parsley[2] or Japanese hedge parsley, is a plant species in the genus Torilis. A substance known as torilin can be extracted from the plant and has been shown to be a potent inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT.[3]

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"Torilis japonica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 11 December 2015. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17. Park WS, Son ED, Nam GW, Kim SH, Noh MS, Lee BG, Jang IS, Kim SE, Lee JJ, Lee CH, et al. Torilin from Torilis japonica, as a new inhibitor of testosterone 5 alpha-reductase. Planta Med. 2003 May;69(5):459-61.