Pregnenedione

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A pregnenedione (singular pregnanediol) is an unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane. [1]

Examples are budesonide and progesterone (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione). [2] [3]

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References

  1. Pregnenediones at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  2. Bratoeff, Eugene; Ramírez, Elena; Flores, Eugenio; Valencia, Norma; Sánchez, Mauricio; Heuze, Ivonne; Cabeza, Marisa (October 2003). "Molecular interactions of new pregnenedione derivatives". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 51 (10): 1132–1136. doi: 10.1248/cpb.51.1132 . ISSN   0009-2363. PMID   14519916.
  3. Bratoeff, Eugene; Ramírez, Elena; Flores, Eugenio; Valencia, Norma; Sánchez, Mauricio; Heuze, Ivonne; Cabeza, Marisa (2003). "Molecular Interactions of New Pregnenedione Derivatives". Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 51 (10): 1132–1136. doi: 10.1248/cpb.51.1132 . PMID   14519916.