3α-androstanediol
Sign in to saveAlso known as 17beta-dihydroandrosterone, 3alpha-androstanediol, 3alpha,17beta-dihydroxy-5alpha-androstane, 3α,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androstane, Dihydroandrosterone, hombreol, (3alpha,5alpha,17beta)-androstane-3,17-diol, 5alpha-androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol
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 and a metabolite of androgens like dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
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- Mass
- 292.24023
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- chemical formula
- C₁₉H₃₂O₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC12CCC(CC1CCC3C2CCC4(C3CCC4O)C)O
- isomeric SMILES
- C[C@]12CC[C@H](C[C@@H]1CC[C@@H]3[C@@H]2CC[C@]4([C@H]3CC[C@@H]4O)C)O
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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 and a metabolite of androgens like dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
==Biological activity== 3α-Androstanediol is an inhibitory androstane neurosteroid and weak androgen and estrogen.