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MeSH Heading: Pregnenolone
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.745.745.725; D06.472.040.585.745; D06.472.334.851.687.500
Unique ID: D011284
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011284
Annotation: do not confuse with PREGNANOLONE
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): 5-Pregnen-3-beta-ol-20-one
Related Numbers: 145-13-1
CAS Type 1 Name: Pregn-5-en-20-one, 3-hydroxy-, (3beta)-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

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