Pregnenolone
"Pregnenolone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 21-carbon steroid, derived from CHOLESTEROL and found in steroid hormone-producing tissues. Pregnenolone is the precursor to GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and the adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D011284
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.745.745.725 D06.472.040.585.745 D06.472.334.851.687.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Pregnenolone- Pregnenolone
- 5-Pregnen-3-beta-ol-20-one
- 5 Pregnen 3 beta ol 20 one
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