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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Adrenal Cortex Hormones > 17-Ketosteroids > Androstenedione
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Ketosteroids > 17-Ketosteroids > Androstenedione
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Androstanes > Androstenes > Androstenedione
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Testosterone Congeners > Androstenedione

Preferred term

Androstenedione  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A delta-4 C19 steroid that is produced not only in the TESTIS, but also in the OVARY and the ADRENAL CORTEX. Depending on the tissue type, androstenedione can serve as a precursor to TESTOSTERONE as well as ESTRONE and ESTRADIOL.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 409J2J96VR
  • 4-Androstene-3,17-dione
  • 63-05-8 (Androstenedione)
  • Androst-4-ene-3,17-dione
  • delta-4-Androstenedione

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Androstènedione

    French

  • 409J2J96VR
  • 63-05-8 (Androstenedione)
  • Androst-4-ene-3,17-dione
  • Androst-4-ène-3,17-dione
  • delta 4 Androstènedione

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NH2RB1TH-M

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