3α-Androstanediol also known as 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol and sometimes shortened in the literature to 3α-diol, is an endogenous steroid hormone and neurosteroid...

Androstenol, also known as 5α-androst-16-en-3α-ol (shortened to 3α,5α-androstenol or 3α-androstenol), is a 16-androstene class steroidal pheromone and...

high 5α-reductase expression such as the prostate gland. In addition, unlike testosterone, DHT is inactivated by 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3α-HSD)...

also known as 5α-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one, 5α-pregnane-3α-ol-20-one, 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one, or 3α,5α-tetrahydroprogesterone (3α,5α-THP). It is closely...

androstenone (a more potent and odorous pheromone) by 5α-reductase, which can subsequently be converted into 3α-androstenol or 3β-androstenol (also more potent...

Androstenone is synthesized from androstadienone by 5α-reductase, and can be converted into 3α-androstenol or 3β-androstenol by 3-ketosteroid reductase...

3α,5α-Tetrahydrocorticosterone (3α,5α-THB), or simply tetrahydrocorticosterone (THB or THCC), is an endogenous glucocorticoid hormone. 5α-Dihydrocorticosterone...

Androgen action in target tissues often involves conversion of testosterone to 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT). At the time of puberty, androgen levels increase...

5α-Pregnane-3α,17α-diol-20-one, also known as 17α-hydroxyallopregnanolone (17-OH-allo) is an endogenous steroid. 5α-Pregnane-3α,17α-diol-20-one is a metabolite...

Allopregnanediol, or 5α-pregnane-3α,20α-diol, is an endogenous metabolite of progesterone and allopregnanolone and an isomer of pregnanediol (5β-pregnan-3α,20α-diol)...

neurosteroids, 3α-DHP production is not blocked by 5α-reductase inhibitors like finasteride. No data were available on the progestogenic activity of 3α-DHP as...

allopregnanolone into 5α-pregnane-3α,20α-diol. In contrast to the other AKRs, AKR1C3 has low catalytic efficiency for reduction of 5α-DHP. These AKRs are highly...

liver by 5α-reductase and 5β-reductase into 5α-DHT and the inactive 5β-DHT, respectively. Then, 5α-DHT and 5β-DHT are converted by 3α-HSD into 3α-androstanediol...

also metabolized irreversibly into 5-alpha tetrahydrocortisol (5-alpha THF) and 5-beta tetrahydrocortisol (5-beta THF), reactions for which 5-alpha reductase...

3β-Androstenol, also known as 5α-androst-16-en-3β-ol, is a naturally occurring mammalian pheromone known to be present in humans and pigs. It is thought...

where androstenedione is converted into 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and testosterone (T) in male and into 5α-dihydroandrostenedione (DHA) in females...

Tetrahydrocortisol, or urocortisol, also known as 3α,11β,17α,21-tetrahydroxy-5β-pregnan-20-one, is a steroid and an inactive metabolite of cortisol. Tetrahydrocortisol...

Pregnenolone Progesterone Metabolites: 5α-Dihydrocortisol 3α,5α-Tetrahydrocortisol Mineralocorticoids 5α-Dihydroaldosterone 11-Dehydrocorticosterone...

Androsterone, or 3α-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one, is an endogenous steroid hormone, neurosteroid, and putative pheromone. It is a weak androgen with a...

3α-Etiocholanediol, or simply etiocholanediol, also known as 3α,5β-androstanediol or as etiocholane-3α,17β-diol, is a naturally occurring etiocholane (5β-androstane)...

Pregnenolone Progesterone Metabolites: 5α-Dihydrocortisol 3α,5α-Tetrahydrocortisol Mineralocorticoids 5α-Dihydroaldosterone 11-Dehydrocorticosterone...

cortisol). Progesterone, through its neurosteroid active metabolites such as 5α-dihydroprogesterone and allopregnanolone, acts indirectly as a positive allosteric...

Pregnenolone Progesterone Metabolites: 5α-Dihydrocortisol 3α,5α-Tetrahydrocortisol Mineralocorticoids 5α-Dihydroaldosterone 11-Dehydrocorticosterone...

Pregnenolone Progesterone Metabolites: 5α-Dihydrocortisol 3α,5α-Tetrahydrocortisol Mineralocorticoids 5α-Dihydroaldosterone 11-Dehydrocorticosterone...

Pregnenolone Progesterone Metabolites: 5α-Dihydrocortisol 3α,5α-Tetrahydrocortisol Mineralocorticoids 5α-Dihydroaldosterone 11-Dehydrocorticosterone...

16α-hydroxy-DHEA, 7β-hydroxyepiandrosterone, androstenedione (A4), androstenediol (A5), 3α-androstanediol, and 3β-androstanediol. Some estrogen metabolites, such as...

unlike 5α-DHT, is also inactive in terms of neurosteroid activity, although its metabolite, etiocholanolone, does possess such activity. 3α-Androstanediol...

3α-ADG correlates with level of 5α-reductase activity (testosterone and 3α-androstanediol to dihydrotestosterone) in the skin. Concentrations of 3α-ADG...

removed from the epiandrosterone skeleton. Dehydroandrosterone (DHA) is the 3α-epimer of DHEA and is also an endogenous androgen. DHEA was first isolated...

5β-pregnane-3α,20α-diol 3α-glucuronide, is the major metabolite of progesterone and the C3α glucuronide conjugate of pregnanediol (5β-pregnane-3α,20α-diol)...