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Descriptor English: Pregnanes
Descriptor Spanish: Pregnanos
Descriptor pregnanos
Scope note: Derivados saturados del esteroide pregnano. La serie 5-beta incluye la PROGESTERONA y hormonas relacionadas. La serie 5-alfa incluye formas que generalmente se excretan en la orina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pregnanos
Descriptor French: Prégnanes
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.745
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011278
Scope note: Saturated derivatives of the steroid pregnane. The 5-beta series includes PROGESTERONE and related hormones; the 5-alpha series includes forms generally excreted in the urine.
Annotation: do not confuse with PREGNENES
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 11714
Unique ID: D011278
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Pregnanes - Preferred
Concept UI M0017507
Scope note Saturated derivatives of the steroid pregnane. The 5-beta series includes PROGESTERONE and related hormones; the 5-alpha series includes forms generally excreted in the urine.
Preferred term Pregnanes



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