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steroids stemming from 5α-
pregnane (originally allopregnane) and 5β-
pregnane (17β-ethyletiocholane). It has a
gonane core. 5β-
Pregnane is the
parent of pregnanediones...
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virilization of the male fetus.
Allopregnanolone is an
endogenous inhibitory pregnane neurosteroid. It is made from pregnenolone, and is a
positive allosteric...
- In the
field of
molecular biology, the
pregnane X
receptor (PXR), also
known as the
steroid and
xenobiotic sensing nuclear receptor (SXR) or
nuclear receptor...
- 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...
- derivatives. It is one of the
epimers of
pregnane, the
other being 5α-
pregnane.
Derivatives of 5β-
pregnane include the
naturally occurring steroids...
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serves as a skeleton.
These parent structures have
specific names, such as
pregnane, androstane, etc. The
derivatives carry various functional groups called...
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complexity renders the CYP3A4 gene more
sensitive to
endogenous and
exogenous pregnane X
receptor (PXR) and
constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) ligands, instead...
- [citation needed] It has been
found to act as an
agonist of the
human pregnane X
receptor ligand-binding
domain and to
induce CYP3A4
expression in vitro...
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similar to
precursors for
steroidal alkaloids. Two
suggested pathways, the
pregnane pathway and
norcholanic acid
pathway are
possible for the
conversion of...
- Allopregnane, also
known as 5α-
pregnane or as 10β,13β-dimethyl-17β-ethyl-5α-gonane, is a
steroid and a
parent compound of a
variety of
steroid derivatives...
