Pregnanolone, also known as tetrahydroprogesterone (THP), may refer to:[1][2]
- Allopregnanolone (3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one or 3α,5α-tetrahydroprogesterone)
- Pregnanolone (3α-hydroxy-5β-pregnan-20-one or 3α,5β-tetrahydroprogesterone)
- Isopregnanolone (3β-hydoxy-5α-pregnan-20-one or 3β,5α-tetrahydroprogesterone)
- Epipregnanolone (3β-hydoxy-5β-pregnan-20-one or 3β,5β-tetrahydroprogesterone)
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- ^ Havlíková, Helena; Hill, Martin; Kancheva, Lyudmila; Vrbíková, Jana; Pouzar, Vladimír; Černý, Ivan; Kancheva, Radmila; Stárka, Luboslav (2006). "Serum Profiles of Free and Conjugated Neuroactive Pregnanolone Isomers in Nonpregnant Women of Fertile Age". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 91 (8): 3092–3099. doi:10.1210/jc.2005-2785. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 16720657.
- ^ Shannon, E. E. (2005). "Characterization of the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of the Neuroactive Steroid Pregnanolone in DBA/2J and C57BL/6J Inbred Mice". Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 314 (2): 675–685. doi:10.1124/jpet.104.082644. ISSN 0022-3565. PMID 15857945. S2CID 717856.