17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone
"17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 21-carbon steroid that is converted from PREGNENOLONE by STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE. It is an intermediate in the delta-5 pathway of biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and the adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D006907
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.745.745.725.395 D06.472.040.585.745.500 D06.472.334.851.687.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone- 17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone
- 17 alpha Hydroxypregnenolone
- Hydroxypregnenolone
- 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,17alpha)-Isomer
- 17alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone
- 17alpha Hydroxypregnenolone
- 17 alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone
- 17-Hydroxypregnenolone
- 17 Hydroxypregnenolone
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