MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: 17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.745.745.725.395; D06.472.040.585.745.500; D06.472.334.851.687.500.500
Unique ID: D006907
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006907
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): 17 alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone; 17-Hydroxypregnenolone; 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3alpha)-Isomer; 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,13alpha)-Isomer; 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,13alpha,17alpha)-Isomer; 17-Hydroxypregnenolone, (3beta,17alpha)-Isomer; 17alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone; Hydroxypregnenolone
Registry Number: 387-79-1
Related Numbers: 1887-95-2; 19454-90-1; 33999-90-5; 33999-97-2
CAS Type 1 Name: Pregn-5-en-20-one, 3,17-dihydroxy-, (3beta)-
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE 1972-2003; 17-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE was indexed under HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE (NM) 1981-2003
History Note: 2004 (1964); for 17-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE use HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE (NM) 1981-2003
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone MeSH Descriptor Data 2024