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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 > Testosterone > Epitestosterone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Androstanes > Androstenes > Androstenols > Testosterone > Epitestosterone

Preferred term

Epitestosterone  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 17 alpha Testosterone
  • 17-alpha-Testosterone

Scope note

  • The 17-alpha isomer of TESTOSTERONE, derived from PREGNENOLONE via the delta5-steroid pathway, and via 5-androstene-3-beta,17-alpha-diol. Epitestosterone acts as an antiandrogen in various target tissues. The ratio between testosterone/epitestosterone is used to monitor anabolic drug abuse.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under TESTOSTERONE 1975-90

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