5β-Pregnane
5β-Pregnane, also known as 17β-ethyletiocholane or as 10β,13β-dimethyl-17β-ethyl-5β-gonane, is a steroid and a parent compound of a variety of steroid derivatives.[1] It is one of the epimers of pregnane, the other being 5α-pregnane.Derivatives of 5β-pregnane include the naturally occurring steroids 5β-dihydroprogesterone, pregnanolone, epipregnanolone, pregnanediol, and pregnanetriol, and the synthetic steroids hydroxydione, renanolone, ORG-20599, and SAGE-217.These derivatives include metabolites of progesterone and endogenous and synthetic neurosteroids.This article about a steroid is a stub.
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