17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone

"17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.745.745.725.395 D06.472.040.585.745.500 D06.472.334.851.687.500.500
Concept/Terms	17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone 17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone 17 alpha Hydroxypregnenolone 17 alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone 17alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone 17alpha Hydroxypregnenolone 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,17alpha)-Isomer Hydroxypregnenolone 17-Hydroxypregnenolone 17 Hydroxypregnenolone 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,13alpha,17alpha)-Isomer 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,13alpha,17alpha)-Isomer 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,13alpha)-Isomer 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3alpha)-Isomer 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3alpha)-Isomer

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Pregnanes [D04.210.500.745]
Pregnenes [D04.210.500.745.745]
Pregnenolone [D04.210.500.745.745.725]
17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone [D04.210.500.745.745.725.395]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Adrenal Cortex Hormones [D06.472.040]
Hydroxycorticosteroids [D06.472.040.585]
Pregnenolone [D06.472.040.585.745]
17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone [D06.472.040.585.745.500]
Gonadal Hormones [D06.472.334]
Gonadal Steroid Hormones [D06.472.334.851]
Progesterone Congeners [D06.472.334.851.687]
Pregnenolone [D06.472.334.851.687.500]
17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone [D06.472.334.851.687.500.500]

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