20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone
"20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A biologically active 20-alpha-reduced metabolite of PROGESTERONE. It is converted from progesterone to 20-alpha-hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one by the 20-ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE in the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA.
| Descriptor ID |
D004092
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.654.829.100 D06.472.334.851.687.750.074
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| Concept/Terms |
20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone- 20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone
- 20 alpha Dihydroprogesterone
- 20 alpha-Hydroxy-4-Pregnen-3-One
- 20 alpha Hydroxy 4 Pregnen 3 One
- 20 alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone
- 20 alpha Hydroxyprogesterone
- Pregn-4-en-3-one, 20-alpha-hydroxy-
- 20-alpha-hydroxy- Pregn-4-en-3-one
- Pregn 4 en 3 one, 20 alpha hydroxy
- Dihydroprogesterone
- 20-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone
- 20 alpha-Dihydroprogesterone
- 20alpha-Hydroxypregn-4-Ene-3-One
- 20alpha Hydroxypregn 4 Ene 3 One
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