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Descriptor English: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids
Descriptor Spanish: 17-Hidroxicorticoesteroides
Descriptor 17-hidroxicorticosteroides
Scope note: Grupo de hidroxicorticoesteroides con un grupo hidroxilo en la posición 17. La excreción urinaria de estos compuestos se usa como índice de la función suprarrenal. Se usan sistémicamente en la forma de alcohol libre, pero con la esterificación de los grupos hidroxilo aumenta la efectividad tópica.
Descriptor Portuguese: 17-Hidroxicorticosteroides
Descriptor French: 17-Hydroxycorticostéroïdes
Entry term(s): 17 Hydroxycorticosteroids
Tree number(s): D06.472.040.585.478
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015065
Scope note: A group of hydroxycorticosteroids bearing a hydroxy group at the 17-position. Urinary excretion of these compounds is used as an index of adrenal function. They are used systemically in the free alcohol form, but with esterification of the hydroxy groups, topical effectiveness is increased.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
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: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 7054
Unique ID: D015065
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/07/11
17-Hydroxycorticosteroids - Preferred
Concept UI M0023177
Scope note A group of hydroxycorticosteroids bearing a hydroxy group at the 17-position. Urinary excretion of these compounds is used as an index of adrenal function. They are used systemically in the free alcohol form, but with esterification of the hydroxy groups, topical effectiveness is increased.
Preferred term 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids
Entry term(s) 17 Hydroxycorticosteroids



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