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

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Etiocholanolone  

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Entry terms

  • 3 alpha Hydroxy 5 beta Androstan 17 One
  • 3-alpha-Hydroxy-5-beta-Androstan-17-One
  • 5 beta Androsterone
  • 5-beta-Androsterone

Scope note

  • The 5-beta-reduced isomer of ANDROSTERONE. Etiocholanolone is a major metabolite of TESTOSTERONE and ANDROSTENEDIONE in many mammalian species including humans. It is excreted in the URINE.

History note

  • 65(63)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005043

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