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IUPAC name
17β-Hydroxy-5β-androstan-3-one
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Systematic IUPAC name
(1S,3aS,3bR,5aR,9aS,9bS,11aS)-1-Hydroxy-9a,11a-dimethylhexadecahydro-7H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-7-one | |
Other names
5β-Androstan-17β-ol-3-one; Etiocholan-17β-ol-3-one; 5β-Dihydrotestosterone; 5β-DHT
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.164.933 |
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Properties | |
C19H30O2 | |
Molar mass | 290.447 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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5β-Dihydrotestosterone (5β-DHT), also known as 5β-androstan-17β-ol-3-one or as etiocholan-17β-ol-3-one, is an etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid as well as an inactive metabolite of testosterone formed by 5β-reductase in the liver and bone marrow[1][2] and an intermediate in the formation of 3α,5β-androstanediol and 3β,5β-androstanediol (by 3α- and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase) and, from them, respectively, etiocholanolone and epietiocholanolone (by 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase).[3][4] Unlike its isomer 5α-dihydrotestosterone (5α-DHT or simply DHT), 5β-DHT either does not bind to or binds only very weakly to the androgen receptor.[1] 5β-DHT is notable among metabolites of testosterone in that, due to the fusion of the A and B rings in the cis orientation, it has an extremely angular molecular shape, and this could be related to its lack of androgenic activity.[5] 5β-DHT, unlike 5α-DHT, is also inactive in terms of neurosteroid activity,[6][7] although its metabolite, etiocholanolone, does possess such activity.[8][9]
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- ^ Li P, Bracamontes J, Katona BW, Covey DF, Steinbach JH, Akk G (June 2007). "Natural and enantiomeric etiocholanolone interact with distinct sites on the rat alpha1beta2gamma2L GABAA receptor". Mol. Pharmacol. 71 (6): 1582–90. doi:10.1124/mol.106.033407. PMC 3788649. PMID 17341652.
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