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Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Pregnanes > Pregnanolone

Preferred term

Pregnanolone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3 alpha, 5 beta Tetrahydroprogesterone
  • 3 alpha, 5 beta-Tetrahydroprogesterone
  • 3 alpha Hydroxy 5 beta pregnan 20 one
  • 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one
  • 3 Hydroxypregnan 20 one
  • 3-Hydroxypregnan-20-one
  • alpha-Hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one, 3
  • beta-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5
  • Eltanolone
  • Pregnan 3alpha ol 20 one
  • Pregnan-3alpha-ol-20-one
  • Pregnanolone, (3alpha,5beta)-isomer

Note

  • do not confuse with PREGNENOLONE

Scope note

  • A pregnane found in the urine of pregnant women and sows. It has anesthetic, hypnotic, and sedative properties.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011280

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