3α-Etiocholanediol, or simply etiocholanediol, also known as 3α,5β-androstanediol or as etiocholane-3α,17β-diol, is a naturally occurring etiocholane (5β-androstane) steroid and an endogenous metabolite of testosterone. It is formed from 5β-dihydrotestosterone (after 5β-reduction of testosterone) and is further transformed into etiocholanolone.[1]
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- ^ PEARLMAN WH; CERCEO E (1948). "The isolation of pregnanol-3(alpha)-one-20,pregnanediol-3(alpha), 20(beta), and etiocholanediol-3(alpha),17(beta) from the bile of pregnant cows". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 176 (2): 847–856. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)52700-4. PMID 18889940.
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