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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Testosterone Congeners > Androstenedione
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Androstanes > Androstenes > Androstenedione
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Adrenal Cortex Hormones > 17-Ketosteroids > Androstenedione
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Ketosteroids > 17-Ketosteroids > Androstenedione

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Androstenedione  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 4 Androstene 3,17 dione
  • 4-Androstene-3,17-dione
  • delta 4 Androstenedione
  • delta-4-Androstenedione

Scope note

  • A delta-4 C19 steroid that is produced not only in the TESTIS, but also in the OVARY and the ADRENAL CORTEX. Depending on the tissue type, androstenedione can serve as a precursor to TESTOSTERONE as well as ESTRONE and ESTRADIOL.

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  • 74(73)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000735

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