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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 > Androstane-3,17-diol
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Androstane-3,17-diol  

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  • 5 Androstane 3,17 diol
  • 5-Androstane-3,17-diol

Scope note

  • The unspecified form of the steroid, normally a major metabolite of TESTOSTERONE with androgenic activity. It has been implicated as a regulator of gonadotropin secretion.

History note

  • 98(75); was 5-ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL 1975-97; see ANDROSTANOLS 1980-90; was ANDROSTANEDIOL see ANDROSTANES 1975-79

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