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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 > Androsterone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Adrenal Cortex Hormones > 17-Ketosteroids > Androsterone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Ketosteroids > 17-Ketosteroids > Androsterone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Androstanes > Androstanols > Androsterone

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Androsterone  

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  • 3 alpha Hydroxy 5 alpha Androstan 17 One
  • 3-alpha-Hydroxy-5-alpha-Androstan-17-One
  • 5 alpha Androstan 3 alpha ol 17 one
  • 5 alpha-Androstan-3 alpha-ol-17-one

Scope note

  • A metabolite of TESTOSTERONE or ANDROSTENEDIONE with a 3-alpha-hydroxyl group and without the double bond. The 3-beta hydroxyl isomer is epiandrosterone.

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